Wisdom Quotes
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Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.
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I am a steadfast follower of the doctrine of non-violence which was first preached by Lord Buddha, whose divine wisdom is absolute.
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In an era of too much information, the need for discernment and wisdom will be greater than ever.
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Being a student meant always looking up to someone wiser and always measuring yourself against that wisdom and knowledge.
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It's ironic that we've built the beauty world around 20-year-olds, when they have no f - kin' concept about wisdom, what life is about, having a few relationships below their belt and feeling hardships, to grow into their skin and feel confident within themselves and to feel the value of who they are, not because of a man or because of something like that. And I think that's such a beautiful thing.
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Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
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When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.
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My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.
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Do you know that ages will pass and mankind will proclaim in its wisdom and science that there is no crime and, therefore no sin, but that there are only hungry people. 'Feed them first and then demand virtue of them!' - that is what they will inscribe on their banner which they will raise against you and which will destroy your temple.
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Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil.
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There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self. When you take one step to reach out to people, when you meet with others and share their thoughts and sufferings, infinite compassion and wisdom well up within your heart. Your life is transformed.
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To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength. to know contentment is wealth, and to live with strength resolve. to never leave whatever you are is to abide, and to die without getting lost- that is to live on and on.
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The experience of truth has to be felt on the central nervous system.
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Music is the marriage of the feelings of the living to the wisdom of the dead.
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The women were active, the men passive, and that made Richenza smile as she absorbed wisdom in that moment. Her grandmother had often been told she did not know her place, but truly she did.
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The more room you give yourself to express your true thoughts and feelings, the more room there is for your wisdom to emerge.
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He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.
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Innocence is the way you really give fun to others, create the fun part of it. The fun is created only through innocence and innocence is the only way you can really emit also the fun. Imagine this world without any fun, what would happen? But people are very much confused between fun and the pleasure. The pleasure is nice to begin with and horrible to end with. But fun is a treasure. Anything that is full of fun you remember all your life.
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The Devil has the broadest perspectives for God; therefore, he keeps so far away from God -- the Devil being the most ancient friend of wisdom.
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I cannot put into words how happy I was to have had the opportunity to be around him as much as I was. He had a great sense of humor, and through his humor, one could find his wisdom.
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This is a time, when there seems to be a particular need for friends of wisdom and truth to join together.
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As we tap into the deep sources of bodily wisdom through creative art expression,we dance the renewal, recreation, and healing of ourselves and our world.
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Knowledge is knowing a fact, wisdom is knowing what to do with that fact.
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It is plain to me that our prelates, in granting indulgences, do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.
