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bc852af The universe is big. It's vast and complicated and ridiculous. And sometimes--very rarely--impossible things just happen and we call them miracles. wisdom inspirational doctor-who Steven Moffat
c173397 Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself. wealth learning inspirational-quotes life-and-living inspiring education life wisdom inspirational school-of-life learning-process growing teachings wisdom-quotes growth C. JoyBell C.
94b44b3 Cleverness is not wisdom. wisdom Euripides
e0aba1e When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality. reality wisdom Henry David Thoreau
4b59d53 Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept. wisdom Wallace Stegner
19b8d89 He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute. wisdom inspirational Stephen King
34f4396 Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now? past life wisdom self-motivation Brian Tracy
8a3ea4a Consider non your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your belief and others will listen." he continued at a slower pace, " of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. thats your most powerfull too to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness. that is all i have to say"Garrow to Roran p 64 wisdom inspirational Christopher Paolini
48e9a2d Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions. wisdom m-m-kaye common-sense M.M. Kaye
2d77dfc "Consider non your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your belief and others will listen." he continued at a slower pace, " of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. thats your most powerfull too to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness. that is all i have to say"Garrow to Roran p 64" -- wisdom Christopher Paolini
0045fb6 Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive. inspiration life wisdom Charlotte Brontë
87c5ea1 Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is. witches wisdom Terry Pratchett
d971d1f For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge the more grief. wisdom Anonymous
2d64ce8 It's never overreacting to ask for what you want and need. life wisdom inspirational overreaction needs reaction wants mental-health Amy Poehler
99cf389 In the heartfelt mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will visit us, to shine on those sitting in darkness, in the shadow of death, to guide our feet to the way of peace. light darkness god wisdom mercy peace Anonymous
bd7f3b5 If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry. poetry wisdom details autism wisdom-vs-nerds nerdiness intuition nerds nerd Nassim Nicholas Taleb
142046e Have love for your inner Self and everything else is done for you. self-awareness spiritual wisdom inspirational happiness-quotes lifestyle inner-strength self-discovery inner-peace meditation Amit Ray
fd7eb66 Where are you? Here What time is it? Now What are you? This moment. wisdom Dan Millman
9a1fcac errare humanum est, sed perseverare diabolicum: 'to err is human, but to persist (in the mistake) is diabolical. wisdom inspirational Lucius Annaeus Seneca
e970286 This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength. Therefore nil desperandum. March forward hero! wisdom inspirational experience Sivananda
a438e90 She thought about her life and how lost she'd felt for most of it. She thought about the way that all truths she'd been taught to consider valuable invariably conflicted with the world as it was actually lived. How could a person be so utterly lost, yet remain living? wisdom Douglas Coupland
c851e76 Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar spanish wisdom inspirational difference Gloria Anzaldúa
46e7d83 If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired. unity wisdom inspirational african cooperation proverbs Askhari Johnson Hodari
c9ad006 Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby. life wisdom inspirational Evanescence
d87d80b A wise man always has something to say, whereas a fool always needs to say something. wisdom inspirational Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S
29ba9a4 Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare. wisdom inspirational common-sense William Blake
6fac725 Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? wisdom knowledge T.S. Eliot
4b05adb Granny was an old-fashioned witch. She didn't do good for people, she did right by them. wisdom Terry Pratchett
e315de2 "There's power in the touch of another person's hand. We acknowledge it in little ways, all the time. There's a reason human beings shake hands, hold hands, slap hands, bump hands. "It comes from our very earliest memories, when we all come into the world blinded by light and color, deafened by riotous sound, flailing in a suddenly cavernous space without any way of orienting ourselves, shuddering with cold, emptied with hunger, and justifiably frightened and confused. And what changes that first horror, that original state of terror? "The touch of another person's hands. "Hands that wrap us in warmth, that hold us close. Hands that guide us to shelter, to comfort, to food. Hands that hold and touch and reassure us through our very first crisis, and guide us into our very first shelter from pain. The first thing we ever learn is that the touch of someone else's hand can ease pain and make things better. "That's power. That's power so fundamental that most people never even realize it exists." life love wisdom Jim Butcher
7766187 "The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek wisdom Brian Tracy
2418cde It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves literature life truth wisdom plays Arthur Miller
5f9383d REMEMBER YOUR GREATNES existence giant living-achievement loss struggles suffering suzy-kassem poem courage poetry human achieve beauty confidence strength success life wisdom inspirational winners born great affirmation eye loser egg sperm winner big attitude survivor winning obstacles small competition odds greatness successful birth pains race warrior victory losing fears win Suzy Kassem
bffce45 They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom. wisdom priorities wealth-and-virtues modern-values truths values Nassim Nicholas Taleb
a90de5b We understand more than we know. understanding science wisdom Margaret Atwood
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b6669a7 The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven if you still know everything you're still seventeen. wisdom Ray Bradbury
9be0866 But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality. personality wisdom vanity Oscar Wilde
5bd4643 A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding. understanding wisdom probes social-science opinion Marshall McLuhan
18d2148 The more you know, the less you need. wisdom zen Yvon Chouinard
66dd6a1 Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness. humor intelligence wisdom autism wisdom-vs-nerdiness sense-of-humor nerds nerd wit Nassim Nicholas Taleb
d81ec55 The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. nature spiritual wisdom inspirational heavens Anne Frank
a47f2d9 Aw I don't wanta go to no such thing, I just wanta drink in alleys.'... But you'll miss all that, just for some old wine.' There's wisdom in wine, goddam it!' I yelled. 'Have a shot! wisdom Jack Kerouac
240d87b Love is not a relationship, love is a state of being; it has nothing to do with anybody else. One is not "in love", one is love. And of course when one is love, one is in love - but that is an outcome, a by-product, that is not the source. The source is that one is love. life love philosophy wisdom inspirational Osho
66676a7 Earthlings went on being friendly, when they should have been thinking instead. wisdom thinking humans Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
bf714d0 I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself. wisdom Hermann Hesse
f2cf317 Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this. Socrates: How so, Plato? Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a sculptor. Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have no need to be reminded. Plato: That is correct. Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders. words-of-wisdom philosophical freedom philosophy wisdom catholic-author citizens civil-liberty free-country gadfly philosophers plato socrates liberty christian freedom-of-thought thought-provoking E.A. Bucchianeri
23b512a The immature think that knowledge and action are different, but the wise see them as the same. wisdom Anonymous
4d97342 There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist wisdom ignorance power Dan Brown
b87ddee Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because you're glad he died, and not you. Soldiers live, and wonder why. death life wisdom Glen Cook
e6dc651 re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem, and have the richest fluency, not only in its words, but in the silent lines of its lips and face, and between the lashes of your eyes, and in every motion and joint of your body. [From the preface to Leaves Grass] learning truth wisdom soul Walt Whitman
04788b2 "If you envy successful people, you create a negative force field of attraction that repels you from ever doing the things that you need to do to be successful. If you admire successful people, you create a positive force field of attraction wisdom Brian Tracy
c11776e For your past, for your flaws, and ultimately for your stress; I judge no one whom I've met along the way because in a sense we were all wounded in our own ways. motivational spiritual philosophy wisdom inspirational zen peace Forrest Curran
8c67eae Seek and see all the marvels around you. You will get tired of looking at yourself alone, and that fatigue will make you deaf and blind to everything else. - Don Juan wisdom mindfulness Carlos Castaneda
6967589 Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk. viking wisdom Michael Crichton
f4cff9c Journeys end in lovers meeting, Every wise man's son doth know. love-story lovers destiny love wisdom destination journeys William Shakespeare
bf7abc0 Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the first beam of the sun, which lights grim care and stern reality on their daily pilgrimage through the world. wisdom Charles Dickens
1c776b7 The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. life-lessons wisdom wounds scars Wallace Stegner
baa604a Were these boys in their right minds? Here were two boys with good intellect, one eighteen and one nineteen. They had all the prospects that life could hold out for any of the young; one a graduate of Chicago and another of Ann Arbor; one who had passed his examination for the Harvard Law School and was about to take a trip in Europe,--another who had passed at Ann Arbor, the youngest in his class, with three thousand dollars in the bank. Boys who never knew what it was to want a dollar; boys who could reach any position that was to boys of that kind to reach; boys of distinguished and honorable families, families of wealth and position, with all the world before them. And they gave it all up for nothing, for nothing! They took a little companion of one of them, on a crowded street, and killed him, for nothing, and sacrificed everything that could be of value in human life upon the crazy scheme of a couple of immature lads empathy free-will morality compassion choice science wisdom inspirational reductionism biology determinism Clarence Darrow
008a52a Were these boys in their right minds? Here were two boys with good intellect, one eighteen and one nineteen. They had all the prospects that life could hold out for any of the young; one a graduate of Chicago and another of Ann Arbor; one who had passed his examination for the Harvard Law School and was about to take a trip in Europe,--another who had passed at Ann Arbor, the youngest in his class, with three thousand dollars in the bank. Boys who never knew what it was to want a dollar; boys who could reach any position that was to boys of that kind to reach; boys of distinguished and honorable families, families of wealth and position, with all the world before them. And they gave it all up for nothing, for nothing! They took a little companion of one of them, on a crowded street, and killed him, for nothing, and sacrificed everything that could be of value in human life upon the crazy scheme of a couple of immature lads. Now, your Honor, you have been a boy; I have been a boy. And we have known other boys. The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place. Is it within the realm of your imagination that a boy who was right, with all the prospects of life before him, who could choose what he wanted, without the slightest reason in the world would lure a young companion to his death, and take his place in the shadow of the gallows? ...No one who has the process of reasoning could doubt that a boy who would do that is not right. How insane they are I care not, whether medically or legally. They did not reason; they could not reason; they committed the most foolish, most unprovoked, most purposeless, most causeless act that any two boys ever committed, and they put themselves where the rope is dangling above their heads.... Why did they kill little Bobby Franks? Not for money, not for spite; not for hate. They killed him as they might kill a spider or a fly, for the experience. They killed him because they were made that way. Because somewhere in the infinite processes that go to the making up of the boy or the man something slipped, and those unfortunate lads sit here hated, despised, outcasts, with the community shouting for their blood. . . . I know, Your Honor, that every atom of life in all this universe is bound up together. I know that a pebble cannot be thrown into the ocean without disturbing every drop of water in the sea. I know that every life is inextricably mixed and woven with every other life. I know that every influence, conscious and unconscious, acts and reacts on every living organism, and that no one can fix the blame. I know that all life is a series of infinite chances, which sometimes result one way and sometimes another. I have not the infinite wisdom that can fathom it, neither has any other human brain empathy free-will morality compassion choice science wisdom inspirational reductionism determinism Clarence Darrow
ec38e62 When Don Quixote went out into the world, that world turned into a mystery before his eyes. That is the legacy of the first European novel to the entire subsequent history of the novel. The novel teaches us to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. wisdom tolerance mystery novel Milan Kundera
54c955c A great tree develops over time and can tell stories not only those of happiness, but also those that contain pain from what it has seen over the years, and as a result is the wise ancient tree that it is today. As the seasons change, the tree naturally goes through changes as well: where the leaves turn yellow and orange in the fall, falling by the Winter, returning in the Spring, and with full set of new leafs by the Summer. Love is no different in that there will be times when we are fully naked in the Winter, and left to wonder about Spring when it seemed so easy to love, yet the wise tree knows that no winter will last forever no matter how cold it may be. motivational spiritual philosophy wisdom inspirational zen peace Forrest Curran
97a4911 Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say. wisdom Napoleon Hill
9c96b3e well, sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least. wisdom Jodi Picoult
0c1fe0b And, as always happens, and happens far too soon, the strange and wonderful becomes a memory and a memory becomes a dream. Tomorrow it's gone. wonder wisdom memory Terry Pratchett
7f8b0d4 Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: For wither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. god love wisdom Anonymous
7e6164b As I naturally go through a full range of emotions in my life, I mustn't feel ashamed for feeling lost, for it is honest and human to feel such. motivational spiritual philosophy wisdom inspirational zen peace Forrest Curran
0791f78 We become so absorbed in our flaws and faults that we forget that it is better to be a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. To have flaws is beauty in itself, a fact so frightening that we hurry to hide them from sight and tarnish the whole in the process of comparing ourselves to others. motivational spiritual philosophy wisdom inspirational zen peace Forrest Curran
415daf2 It seems that a profound, impartial, and absolutely just opinion of our fellow-creatures is utterly unknown. Either we are men, or we are women. Either we are cold, or we are sentimental. Either we are young, or growing old. In any case life is but a procession of shadows, and God knows why it is that we embrace them so eagerly, and see them depart with such anguish, being shadows. And why, if this -- and much more than this is true -- why are we yet surprised in the window corner by a sudden vision that the young man in the chair is of all things in the world the most real, the most solid, the best known to us--why indeed? For the moment after we know nothing about him. Such is the manner of our seeing. Such the conditions of our love. wisdom inspirational Virginia Woolf
9fc3819 One day in my shoes and a day for me in your shoes, the beauty of travel lies in the ease and willingness to be more open. motivational spiritual philosophy wisdom inspirational zen peace Forrest Curran
8115604 The image isn't reality. Even though we're used to thinking that way alot of the time. We show a kid a picture of a dog and say 'This is a doggie' - but it's not. It's just an image. truth wisdom L.J. Smith
d65d444 The main thing about ghosts - most of them have lost their voices. In Asphodel, millions of them wander around aimlessly, trying to remember who they were. You know why they end up like that? Because in life they never took a stand one way or another. They never spoke out, so they were never heard. Your voice is your identity. If you don't use it,' Nico said with a shrug, 'you're halfway to Asphodel already.' ... He hated when his own advice applied to himself. wisdom ghosts Rick Riordan
cc9f7b6 Some we proudly display on our arms, while others we shyly conceal. Tattoo the moments of sorrow as well as the moments of splendor and beauty. Tattoo in an acknowledgment and tribute to home, and tattooing your beliefs that define who you are. Whether we intended to or not, every moment of our lives are tattooed to our heart. motivational spiritual philosophy wisdom inspirational zen peace Forrest Curran
6faafbc Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely. wisdom Fyodor Dostoyevsky
1091159 A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see empathy wisdom prophet intuition Nassim Nicholas Taleb
59c0b5f I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived. I believe that all the best faculties of a mature human being exist in the child. . . . that one of the most deeply human, and humane, of these faculties is the power of imagination. wisdom Ursula K. Le Guin
bcd5471 "There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better." wisdom foolish John Brunner
4de64ae And here in this room, I re-experience the memories again and again it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our future. wisdom Lois Lowry
d838c1f "Do you understand what I'm saying?" shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!" "Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm. "What?" snapped Moist. "I do not! Who told you that?" "I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People," said the golem calmly. "I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be-- all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!" "No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game." death life philosophy wisdom cruelty sport justice Terry Pratchett
1ec82f8 "Good morning," said the little prince. Good morning," said the merchant. This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need for anything to drink. Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince. Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "Computations have been made by experts. With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week." And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes?" Anything you like..." As for me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water." life wisdom Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
a3a57f8 Most women had the one thing in common: they had great pain when they gave birth to their children. This should make a bond that held them all together; it should make them love and protect each other against the man-world. But it was not so. It seemed like their great birth pains shrank their hearts and their souls. They stuck together for only one thing: to trample on some other woman... whether it was by throwing stones or by mean gossip. It was the only kind of loyalty they seemed to have. Men were different. They might hate each other but they stuck together against the world and against any woman who would ensnare one of them. wisdom Betty Smith
7101c04 "No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who wisdom Brian Tracy
f9951fc Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a man takes this tender silk and attempts to tear it, and cannot tear it, is he in his right mind to say "This silk is fake! I thought it was soft, I thought it was delicate, but look, I cannot even tear it" ? Surely, this man is not in his right mind! The silk is not fake! This silk is 100% real. It's the man who is stupid! delicate strength-of-a-woman stupidity inspirational-life inspirational-quotes strength wisdom inspirational parable stupidity-of-man gentle parables genuine silk soft real wisdom-quotes fake C. JoyBell C.
7c1fea4 It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down. wisdom knowledge George Eliot
f2559b3 My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you. prejudice wisdom Elise Broach
2912aeb What good is power when you're too wise to use it? wisdom restraint power Ursula K. Le Guin
82edcc8 A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power. life wisdom planning Brian Tracy
a3d3f84 Actually, watching television and surfing the Internet are really excellent practice for being dead. death-and-dying television humorous humor wisdom humorous-quotations wisdom-in-fiction internet Chuck Palahniuk
e0e0c4e Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognised: that the human race has been harshly treated, but that it has advanced. wisdom inspirational les-misérables Victor Hugo
f7d01d4 It's always hard to remember love - years pass and you say to yourself, Was I really in love, or was I just kidding myself? Was I really in love, or was I just pretending he was the man of my dreams? Was I really in love, or was I just desperate? true-love illusion relationships love wisdom Nora Ephron
cd53a73 Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. wisdom woe Herman Melville
0bb92fb The moon is the reflection of your heart and moonlight is the twinkle of your love. education happiness heart hope intelligence life love moon philosophy truth twinkle wisdom inspirational reflection knowledge moonlight Debasish Mridha
c61fdab I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss youth life wisdom Maya Angelou
e2d8465 "I listen with attention to the judgment of all men; wisdom Michel de Montaigne
7ae663c He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while. humor wisdom Christopher Paolini
da490c7 Old men tend to forget what thought was like in their youth; they forget the quickness of the mental jump, the daring of the youthful intuition, the agility of the fresh insight. They become accustomed to the more plodding varieties of reason, and because this is more than made up by the accumulation of experience, old men think themselves wiser than the young. wisdom Isaac Asimov
aafc1d9 I used to think I knew what was right and what was wrong, and who the good guys are, and who the bad guys are. Then the world got very gray, and I didn't know anything for a long time philosophy wisdom life-experience Laurell K. Hamilton
61203f7 Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a little bit distorted, a little foolish...It is perfectly fine with me that what for one man is precious wisdom for another sounds like foolery. spiritual truth wisdom Hermann Hesse
613047c It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance. wisdom Michel de Montaigne
ed3b8c1 Ignorance is fatal. death wisdom ray fatal ignorance knowledge Ray Bradbury
a078eda The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true. future wisdom worrying worries Christopher Paolini
fb8ef7a God, he was probably too young to be this old, but life had a way of being about experience, rather than calendar days. life wisdom J.R. Ward
c74d4c1 The owl of Minerva begins its flight only with the coming of the dusk. understanding wisdom Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
46e4f18 I've been the oldest child since before you were born wisdom siblings E.L. Konigsburg
1b827d7 Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither. Ripeness is all. death wisdom maturity William Shakespeare
64c1aa4 The greatest minds are like film, they take the negatives and develop themselves in darkness... pain harry-potter life wisdom j-k-rowling negativity hard-times Brandi L. Bates
2fc4d1f Before you can see the Light, you have to deal with the darkness. light inspirational-quotes darkness life-lessons wisdom inspirational mama-chia Dan Millman
7527e0f "I never knew words could be so confusing," Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog's ear. "Only when you use a lot to say a little," answered Tock. Milo thought this was quite the wisest thing he'd heard all day." words wisdom tock Norton Juster
6d36ccc It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much, the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons... wisdom Douglas Adams
9f23bfb Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words. wisdom communication Neil Gaiman
c6232a0 "How will you go about finding that thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you?" (Plato) The things we want are transformative, and we don't know or only think we know what is on the other side of that transformation. Love, wisdom, grace, inspiration- how do you go about finding these things that are in some ways about extending the boundaries of the self into unknown territory, about becoming someone else?" inspiration love wisdom Rebecca Solnit
25fb4c7 TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved, Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever after-ward resumes its liberty. politics wisdom Walt Whitman
9745644 The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside by a generous hand. But- and this is the point- who gets excited by a mere penny? But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. spirituality life-lessons wisdom Annie Dillard
8152950 A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths to wisdom, this is the cruelest and longest. Are you one who must follow such a way? This even I cannot know. If you are, take heart nonetheless. Those who reach the end do more than gain wisdom. As rough wool becomes cloth, and crude clay a vessel, so do they change and fashion wisdom for others, and what they give back is greater than what they won. learning wisdom the-chronicles-of-prydain Lloyd Alexander
07628cd Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though with dew, behold a generation of fools call out, 'See, he is a wise man!' Is it not so? mankind futility stupidity humanity learning intelligence wisdom foolishness knowledge H. Rider Haggard
96b5370 Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance. wisdom Brian Tracy
1c76e6b The thing about living alone is that it gives you a lot of time to think. You don't necessarily reach any conclusions, because wisdom is largely a function of intelligence and self-awareness, not time on your hands. But you do become very good at thinking yourself into endless loops of desperation in half the time it would take a normal person. thoughts wisdom thinking desperation Jonathan Tropper
b1ab7b2 Show me the path I must walk and do not let me stumble in the dark places that lie ahead. wisdom George R.R. Martin
ddcc79a Grown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof. youth wisdom experience Zora Neale Hurston
49d4fbc Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time. wisdom patience Jon Kabat-Zinn
3cce926 A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear. humor intelligence wisdom ignorance William Shakespeare
b17a952 The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornithologists written by birds writing wisdom art-criticism music-criticism music-journalism critics knowledge writers insight Nassim Nicholas Taleb
8ff9f28 Our worst fears, like our greatest hopes, are not outside our powers, and we can come in the end to triumph over the former and to achieve the latter. inspiration life wisdom Marcel Proust
36f186e "Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing wisdom Brian Tracy
4834f29 Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right. wisdom p364 tolerance Fulton J. Sheen
6ae4148 She wished she could visit Mariam's grave, to sit with her awhile, leave a flower or two. But she sees now that it doesn't matter. Mariam is never very far.... Mariam is in her own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand suns. wisdom within peace Khaled Hosseini
4e3195c Fats was starting to think that if you flipped every bit of received wisdom on its head you would have the truth. He wanted to journey through dark labyrinths and wrestle with the strangeness that lurked within; he wanted to crack open piety and expose hypocrisy; he wanted to break taboos and squeeze wisdom from their bloody hearts; he wanted to achieve a state of amoral grace, and be baptised backwards into ignorance and simplicity. wisdom J.K. Rowling
8656dbe The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of his ephemeral existence. wisdom knowledge A.S. Byatt
14ccfd8 My love for you was greater than my wisdom. wisdom medea Euripides
7ece5df Well, every one can master a grief but he that has it. grief wisdom benedick William Shakespeare
3a77dad Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it. wisdom teachers teaching Nicholas Sparks
8351a8f The fool who knows his folly Becomes wise by that fact. But the fool who thinks he's wise - He's called 'a fool' indeed! wisdom v-63 knowledge fools Anonymous
f6c5f5a If we're lucky, we find the one person who will hold our trust and keep it sacred and safe against all attackers. That one soul who will restore our belief that people are decent and kind, and that life, while messy, is still the most wondrous gift anyone can know. But until that day comes, we have to try and remember that home isn't a specific place or person. It's a feeling we carry inside ourselves. That touch of the divine that lights a fire inside us that burns out the past and consumes the pain until nothing is left but a warmth that allows us to love others more than ourselves. A warmth that only grows when we do right even while others seek to do us wrong. Peace is knowing that one life, no matter how trivial it seems, touches thousands of others, and learningto respect that about all people. While you may not mean much to the world, to those who know and love you, you are their entire world. And it is knowledge that no one can hurt you unless you allow them to. The only power they have isn't something they're taken or demanded. It's what we give them by choice. And while it is imperative that we value the lives of others, it is equally important to value our own. wisdom wisewords knowledge Sherrilyn Kenyon
b7baf78 I suspect the I.Q., SAT, and school grades are tests designed by nerds so they can get high scores in order to call each other intelligent...Smart and wise people who score low on IQ tests, or patently intellectually defective ones, like the former U.S. president George W. Bush, who score high on them (130), are testing the test and not the reverse. intelligence wisdom iq wisdom-vs-nerds nerdiness nerds nerd Nassim Nicholas Taleb
626fbfb "But still," Ayumi said, "it seems to me that this world has a serious shortage of both logic and kindness." "You may be right," Aomame said, "But it's too late to trade it in for another one." world wisdom logic Haruki Murakami
ecdd2dc Faith is the courage to live your life as if everything that happens does so for your highest good and learning. Like it or not. faith inspirational-quotes life wisdom inspirational leanring Dan Millman
2b28c88 Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident. truth wisdom Christopher Paolini
26ad6ad "They were quiet for a while, eating, then Oromis asked, "Can you tell me, What is the most important mental tool a person can possess?" It was a serious question, and Eragon considered it for a reasonable span before he ventured to say, "Determination." Oromis tore the loaf in half with his long white fingers. "I can understand why you arrived at that conclusion-determination has served you well in your adventures-but no. I meant the tool most necessary to choose the best course of action in any given situation. Determination is as common among men who are dull and foolish as it is among those who are brilliant intellects. So, no, determination cannot be what we're looking for." profound wisdom prescient Christopher Paolini
6703c6f Feet sandaled with dreams tread paths of vision leading to wisdom's sharp peaks. faith inspirational-quotes dreams hope wisdom poem-in-your-pocket-day positive-motivation vision-dream metaphysical famous-quotes-from-classic-books haikus healing visions haiku Aberjhani
60480b0 Fools believe silence is a void needing to be filled; the wise understand there's no such thing as silence. wisdom suri quiet Michael J. Sullivan
89b43bf It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth! wisdom positivism Fyodor Dostoyevsky
b277442 I came to set fire to the earth. And I am watchful that the fire grow. May the fire of love grow in our hearts. May the fire of transformation glow in our movements. May the fire of purification burn away our sins. May the fire of justice guide our steps. May the fire of wisdom illuminate our paths. May the fire that spreads over the Earth never be extinguished. prayer wisdom Paulo Coelho
451c675 "This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself?" And Merlin said quietly, "Because I am wise. In the combat between wisdom and feeling, wisdom never wins." -- magic love wisdom merlin king-arthur knights John Steinbeck
a7ec410 If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff? wisdom athena percy-jackson Rick Riordan
6d2bd54 Cheap booze is a false economy. wisdom economy value Christopher Hitchens
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