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> [“For modern people the pursuit of wisdom sounds like something you'd have to travel to Tibet for. To us, wisdom is mystical and esoteric. It conjures up images of cave-dwelling hermits, saffron-robed monks, and, well, Yoda.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-mark-bertrand/for-modern-people-the-pursuit-of-wisdom-sounds-like-something-you-d/)

[J. Mark Bertrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-mark-bertrand/)

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## More by J. Mark Bertrand

> [“The cold logic of mid-twentieth-century atheism has now given way to an era of renewed 'spirituality,' but it is an awakening more thrapeutic than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-mark-bertrand/the-cold-logic-of-mid-twentieth-century-atheism-has-now-given-way-to/)

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> [“Those two little words -- says you -- are the most powerful argument in any discipline: theology, philosphy, even domestic harmony. They are powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-mark-bertrand/those-two-little-words-says-you-are-the-most-powerful-argument-in-any/)

[J. Mark Bertrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-mark-bertrand/)

> [“The Christian publishing world has embraced the safe over the good”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-mark-bertrand/the-christian-publishing-world-has-embraced-the-safe-over-the-good/)

[J. Mark Bertrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-mark-bertrand/)

> [“Looks like a hit on a local loan shark,” I say. “A guy by the name of Octavio”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-mark-bertrand/looks-like-a-hit-on-a-local-loan-shark-i-say-a-guy-by-the-name-of/)

[J. Mark Bertrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-mark-bertrand/)

> [“enough to summon Tommy down to assist. His repertoire of life skills, augmented by the time he spent in Africa, no doubt includes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-mark-bertrand/enough-to-summon-tommy-down-to-assist-his-repertoire-of-life-skills/)

[J. Mark Bertrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-mark-bertrand/)

> [“For modern people the pursuit of wisdom sounds like something you'd have to travel to Tibet for. To us, wisdom is mystical and esoteric.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-mark-bertrand/for-modern-people-the-pursuit-of-wisdom-sounds-like-something-you-d/)

[J. Mark Bertrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-mark-bertrand/)

> [“... we met with more closed doors than open ones -- and the people who answered our knocks were invariably older. Young people didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-mark-bertrand/we-met-with-more-closed-doors-than-open-ones-and-the-people-who/)

[J. Mark Bertrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-mark-bertrand/)

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