Wisdom Quotes

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One cannot avoid a certain feeling of disgust, when one observes the actions of man displayed on the great stage of the world. Wisdom is… — Immanuel Kant
The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs, but the greatest of these was… — Robyn Davidson
Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom. — Roger Bacon
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language. — Ezra Pound
Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices… — Khalil Gibran
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work. — Elbert Hubbard
There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it… — Samuel Johnson
When we're awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our… — Tara Brach
You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me "the writer of the Constitution of the United States." This was… — James Madison
No morn ever dawned more favorable than ours did; and no day was every more clouded than the present! Wisdom, and good examples are necessary… — George Washington
In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom. — Euripides
And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts… — Joseph Story
There was a time when we were told . . . that a sense of common interest would preside over the conduct of the respective… — Alexander Hamilton
A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it. — Idries Shah
Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting… — Eleanor Roosevelt
We in this country, in this generation, areby destiny rather than choicethe watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may… — John F. Kennedy
Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with… — Arthur Koestler
Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being. — Unknown Author
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets… — Laozi
To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an… — Thomas Traherne

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