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Herbert Hoover on wisdom
Author: Herbert Hoover“Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.” -Herbert Hoover
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William Law on wisdom
Author: William Law“This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.” -William Law
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Tony Campolo on wisdom
Author: Tony Campolo“What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference in order to seek their collective wisdom? There is a wealth of experience in former presidents that generally goes untapped.” -Tony Campolo
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Elizabeth Wurtzel on wisdom
Author: Elizabeth Wurtzel“Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time you’ve got all this great wisdom, you don’t get to be young anymore.” -Elizabeth Wurtzel
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Carly Fiorina on wisdom
Author: Carly Fiorina“To build a great company, which is a CEO’s job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.” -Carly Fiorina
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Avery Brooks on wisdom
Author: Avery Brooks“Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.” -Avery Brooks
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Bell Hooks on wisdom
Author: Bell Hooks“Many spiritual teachers – in Buddhism, in Islam – have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment.” -Bell Hooks
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Karl Kraus on wisdom
Author: Karl Kraus“Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.” -Karl Kraus
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Laurence Sterne on wisdom
Author: Laurence Sterne“Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.” -Laurence Sterne
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Marc Andreessen on wisdom
Author: Marc Andreessen“Around ’93, ’94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years.” -Marc Andreessen
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Plautus on wisdom
Author: Plautus“Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.” -Plautus
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George MacDonald on wisdom
Author: George MacDonald“The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.” -George MacDonald
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Georg C. Lichtenberg on wisdom
Author: Georg C. Lichtenberg“It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.” -Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Saadi on wisdom
Author: Saadi“Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.” -Saadi
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Leonard Nimoy on wisdom
Author: Leonard Nimoy“Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.” -Leonard Nimoy
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Zhuang Zi on wisdom
Author: Zhuang Zi“Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.” -Zhuang Zi
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Rene Russo on wisdom
Author: Rene Russo“Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, ‘Let’s make a wish on a star,’ there’s one thing I wish for: wisdom.” -Rene Russo
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Graham Greene on wisdom
Author: Graham Greene“Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.” -Graham Greene
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Anthony Hopkins on wisdom
Author: Anthony Hopkins“I’m married. My wife, Stella – a beautiful woman. She’s brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.” -Anthony Hopkins
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Susan Orlean on wisdom
Author: Susan Orlean“I don’t turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.” -Susan Orlean
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Pietro Aretino on wisdom
Author: Pietro Aretino“I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.” -Pietro Aretino
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Louis D. Brandeis on wisdom
Author: Louis D. Brandeis“In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.” -Louis D. Brandeis
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Pat Robertson on wisdom
Author: Pat Robertson“The wisdom of God’s Word is quite clear on believers being unequally yoked. And marrying someone who is not a Christian – who is not a daily disciple of Christ – is being unequally yoked, regardless of what their beliefs might be.” -Pat Robertson
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Elizabeth Gilbert on wisdom
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert“I don’t think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your own life.” -Elizabeth Gilbert
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Dale Turner on wisdom
Author: Dale Turner“Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.” -Dale Turner