Wisdom Quotes

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The question is no longer between violence and non-violence it is between non-violence and non-existence. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary dictates… — Michael Leunig
And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other… — Morris West
I live my life in gratitude. — Olivia Newton-John
My biggest mistake was my best lesson... you don't learn anything when everything is going perfectly. — Olivia Newton-John
Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have. — Peter Garrett
We read to find out what the world is like, to experience lots of lives, not just the one we live. If it is true… — Ramona Koval
Going to Europe, someone had written, was about as final as going to heaven. A mystical passage to another life, from which no-one returned the… — Shirley Hazzard
I have a conviction that it's only when you are put at full stretch that you can realise your full potential. — Edward Dunlop
Wisdom, Niko thought as he leaned his cheek against his long-handled rake, cannot be had without price. And that price is blood. The sound of… — Janet Morris
Belief in karma ought to make the life pure, strong, serene, and glad. Only our own deeds can hinder us; only our own will can… — Annie Besant
Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom. You don't have to be swept away by your feeling. You… — Henepola Gunaratana
How bright and transparent the moonlight of wisdom. — Hakuin Ekaku
I love being my age. I love getting older. What you lose in looks, you gain in wisdom. I might not be as physically beautiful… — Unknown Author
You have to perform to the best of your ability, and if you have to argue stringently, if you have to persist and to state… — Bronwyn Bishop
Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways. — Bryce Courtenay
Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world. — Clive James
Old age is an ordeal, of flesh and mind. Of winding down, of slowing down, of dying cells. It's accepting the loss of physical attractiveness… — Colleen McCullough
Time-honoured insights are often trivialised as cliches. — Densey Clyne
Counting your blessings is a better cure for insomnia than counting sheep - you can fall asleep before you get through half of them. — Densey Clyne

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