Wisdom Quotes - Page 10

• The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

  H. L. Mencken

  Inspirational, Birthday, Witty

  H. L. Mencken (2009). “Prejudices: Third Series”, p.311, Cosimo, Inc.

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• When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about virtue, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about justice, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about peace, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about truth and life and redemption, we are speaking about Christ.

  Ambrose

  Life, God, Christian

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• Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints.

  Timothy Keller

  Friends, Healthy, Together

  Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.72, Penguin

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• Knowledge is flour, but wisdom is bread.

  Austin O'Malley

  Bread, Flour

  "Keystones of Thought". Book by Austin O'Malley, 1914.

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• I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any force.

  Ron Paul

  Spiritual, Army, Ideas

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  We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

  Marcel Proust

  Wise, Im Sorry, Educational

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• Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Anger, Exaggeration Is

  Sand and Foam (1926) p. 59

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• Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

  William Lyon Phelps

  Inspirational, Business, Average

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• A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Men, Desire

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• This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Freedom

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 17, 2010

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• Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Passion, Way, Bears

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1853). “The Academic Questions, Treatise de Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of Marcus Tullius Cicero: With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero”, p.114

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• Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.

  Thomas Huxley

  Writing, Men, Keys

  Thomas Henry Huxley, Cyril Bibby (1971). “T. H. Huxley on Education”, p.85, Cambridge University Press

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• I ask you what is the taste of your mouth all you can do is to say: it is neither sweet nor bitter, nor sour nor astringent; it is what remains when all these tastes are not. Similarly, when all distinctions and reactions are no more, what remains is reality, simple and solid.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Spiritual, Sweet, Simple

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  We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Christian, Beach

  Mother Teresa (2010). “Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others”, p.213, Image

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• We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Lying, Failure, Thinking

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• You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too.

  Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

  Spiritual, Buddhist, Stars

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• I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Peace, War, Power

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.254, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.

  Dan Millman

  Life, Philosophy, Journey

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• An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride. "What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor."

  Saint Augustine

  Art, Kings, Pride

  Saint Augustine of Hippo, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The City of God”, p.161, Catholic Way Publishing

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• We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Inspirational, Christian, Believe

  FaceBook post by Ravi Zacharias from Feb 26, 2014

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  A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.73, Pan Macmillan

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• A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

  Bertrand Russell

  Men, Wit, One Man

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• Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Positive, Famous Inspirational, Believe In Yourself

  "3 Inspiring Business Lessons From Billionaire Media Mogul Oprah Winfrey" by Kim Lachance Shandrow, www.foxnews.com. August 2, 2016.

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• Man who is created alone should be aware that he will also die alone. Yet during his life, he lives almost addicted to possessions... the only assets one can take with him when one dies is one's belief or disbelief

  Harun Yahya

  Islamic, Being Alone, Men

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