Wisdom Quotes
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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
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Without loving and caring for others, most of us stand little chance of communing with God/the Divine Wisdom, no matter how many years we may spend in silent prayer.
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Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom.
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The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.
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There's other ways to protect yourself and your family, Arlen. Wisdom. Prudence. Humility. It's not brave to fight a battle you can't win.
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There are people whom even children’s literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in the Wisdom of Solomon.
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But beware, dear reader. For we go out into the wide, wild world, looking to change, looking to grow, looking for wisdom. But wisdom is hard to come by, and once achieved, it is very easily lost. Especially when one is leaving the wide, wild world - and returning to the place you once fled.
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To sum it all up, then, what is needed for happy and effectual service is simply to put your work into the Lord's hands, and leave it there. Do not take it to Him in prayer, saying, “Lord, guide me, Lord, give me wisdom, Lord, arrange for me,” and then arise from your knees and take the burden all back, and try to guide and arrange for yourself. Leave it with the Lord; and remember that what you trust to Him you must not worry over nor feel anxious about. Trust and worry cannot go together.
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Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it.
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With all respect to Mr. Jefferson, I would put the pursuit of wisdom ahead of the pursuit of happiness.
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It is among children only, and as children only, that you will find medicine for your healing and true wisdom for your teaching.
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The light of the spirit has to come into your attention.
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Accept and allow. This is the key to living a life full of Love.
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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If a person doesn't have a balance then he cannot achieve his ascent.
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More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.
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Let the people know my wisdom, fill the land with smoke
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What I am describing is not only a society dominated by corporatist structures, but by the received wisdom of a corporatist atmosphere: one in which the élites are interest-driven, whatever their jobs. And so the society is gradually being redrawn to suit this ethic-free system.
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To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear.
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A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
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Sahaja Yoga is like a tree which requires love as the water.
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Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That’s the beginning of wisdom.
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But the healing place is within you. Healing is a gift you were granted at birth, just as you were granted others. Use your gifts, child. Use the beauty, the courage, the hope and the love that is in you. Call upon your strength. Use compassion and faith. Even during sad times joy is within you. Bring it forth. Wisdom is there to guide you. Use any one of your gifts and you will rouse the power of your healing place. Use all of them and you will sustain it.
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Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.
