All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom
“No man is poor who has a Godly mother.”
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“Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. ”
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“But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.”
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“Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.”
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“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door”
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“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”
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“Recognizing power in another does not diminish your own.”
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“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”
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“Wise? No, I simply learned to think.”
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“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying “yes” begins things. Saying “yes” is how things grow. Saying “yes” leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say “yes’.”
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“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
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“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
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“The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud — the obstacles of life and its suffering. … The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. … Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one. ”
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“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
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