100+ Wisdom Quotes & Sayings

The sun always shines above the clouds.

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You're thinking about something, and it makes you forget to talk.

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The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.

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Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

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Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

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Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

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People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.

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Where ignorance lurks, so too do the frontiers of discovery and imagination

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We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

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Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.

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Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.

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Wise? No, I simply learned to think.

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To wisely live your life, you don't need to know muchJust remember two main rules for the beginning:You better starve, than eat whateverAnd better be alone, than with whoever.

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Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

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We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.

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One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error.

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There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.

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The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.

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Peace is not happenstance. It is a living fire that must be fed constantly. It must be tended with vigilance, else it dies out.

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He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

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The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

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Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?

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He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.

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Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.

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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

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My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.

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I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.

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Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom.

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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.

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Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

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You'll never reach perfection because there's always room for improvement. Yet get along the way to perfection, you'll learn to get better.

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The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

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I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.

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We're on the same boat but in different cabin

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Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.

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You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted.

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Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

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