Wisdom Quotes

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We must abandon the prevalent belief in the superior wisdom of the ignorant. — Daniel J. Boorstin
Currency speculation-over a trillion dollars a day-is a tax-free activity. The notion of a tax on "day trades" or other speculative swaps was revived in… — Eric Kierans
There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow. — Samuel Johnson
When we turn to our innate wisdom for the harmony of mind and gut, we heal the entrance to the heart as it seeks to… — Stephen Levine
Our passions, when well exercised, have wisdom; they guide our thinking, our values, our survival. — Daniel Goleman
Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking. — Ajahn Brahm
Eternal life is the most important thing in all the world for which you and I should work and hope someday to attain. . .… — Milton R. Hunter
Whoever despises the high wisdom of mathematics nourishes himself on delusion and will never still the sophistic sciences whose only product is an eternal uproar. — Leonardo da Vinci
The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what… — Immanuel Kant
Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom. — Bill Moyers
If I could turn down the noise of my own will and choiceI could hear the truth of my life in a clear voice. I… — Carrie Newcomer
We need to make our own the ancient pastoral wisdom which... encouraged Pastors to listen more widely to the entire People of God. Significant is… — Pope John Paul II
When you say Yes to God unconditionally, you have no idea how far this Yes is going to take you. Certainly farther than you can… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
The "name" of the Most Holy Trinity is in a certain way impressed upon everything that exists, because everything that exists, down to the least… — Pope Benedict XVI
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. — Laozi
True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to her laws and model. — Seneca the Younger
We go to sanctuaries to remember the things we hold most dear, the things we cherish and love. And then-the great challenge-we return home seeking… — William Cronon
The apparent multiplication of gods is bewildering at the first glance, but you soon discover that they are the same GOD. There is always one… — George Bernard Shaw
Hindu religion does not consist in struggles and attempts to believe a certain doctrine or dogma, but in realizing not in believing, but in being… — Swami Vivekananda
There is one respect in which beasts show real wisdom... their quiet, placid enjoyment of the present moment. — Arthur Schopenhauer

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