Wisdom Quotes
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In the unspoilt state of innocent childhood, practically every human being has a natural and direct feeling for the existence of God Almighty. But as time passes, this faith may be deflected and people start believing in other powers - political, economic or social.
Nirmala Srivastava
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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An owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom, so we are neither doves nor hawks but owls, and we are vigilant when others are resting.
Urjit Patel
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I see, indeed I know, that in some sense God is love, and God is wisdom, and God is creative action, yes and God is beauty; but what God actually is, whether the maker of all things, or the fragrance of all things, or just a dream in our own hearts, I have not the art to know. Neither have you, I believe; nor any man, nor any spirit of our humble stature.
Olaf Stapledon
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Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
Khalil Gibran
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Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.
Honore de Balzac
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When he whom I love travels with me or sits a long while holding me by the hand, … Then I am charged with untold and untellable wisdom, I am silent, I require nothing further, I cannot answer the question of appearances or that of identity beyond the grave, But I walk or sit indifferent, I am satisfied, He ahold of my hand has completely satisfied me.
Walt Whitman
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Obedience is a choice. It is a choice between our own limited knowledge & power & God's unlimited wisdom & omnipotence.
L. Tom Perry
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Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy.
Said Nursi
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
Socrates
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“But neither infinite power nor infinite wisdom could bestow godhood upon men. For that there would have to be infinite love as well.”
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
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I used to think I was going to die wise, and now, the one wisdom I have is I know very little.
Mary Steenburgen
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You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.
Yasmin Mogahed
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He, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing.
Plato
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There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a perfect doctrine, my friend. Rather, you should long for the perfection of yourself. The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
Hermann Hesse
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Sometimes in international politics, the better part of wisdom is to defer dangers rather than try to eliminate them altogether instantly.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Art, if it is to be reckoned as one of the great values of life, must teach man humility, tolerance, wisdom and magnanimity. The value of art is not beauty, but right action.
W. Somerset Maugham
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As parents in private life teach wisdom to their children, so do poets in public life to their cities.
Philo
