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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
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Lin Yutang To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. Herman Melville Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment. Bell Hooks We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. E. O. Wilson Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. Doug Larson Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. Doug Larson The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. John Updike Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. John Updike Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. Thomas J. Watson Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Ludwig van Beethoven Cleverness is not wisdom. Euripides The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Our is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. Omar N. Bradley Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. Euripides Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise. Euripides Silence is true wisdom's best reply. Euripides If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. Omar N. Bradley A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. Aristophanes Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness. Aleister Crowley The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth. Peter Abelard I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect. Alex Grey |
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