Never mistake knowledge for wisdom.
One helps you make a living;
the other helps you make a life
- Sandra Carey
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The wise through excess of
wisdom is made a fool
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm
to the indifference of wisdom
- Anatole France
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It is the province of knowledge to
speak, and it is the privilege
of wisdom to listen
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Wisdom is knowing what to do next;
virtue is doing it
- David Star Jordan
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Wonder is the
beginning of wisdom
- Unknown
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All true wisdom is
found on T-shirts
- Unknown
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He who knows others is wise.
He who knows himself is enlightened
- Unknown
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions
- Naguib Mahfouz
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Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too self-full to seek other than itself
- Kahlil Gibran
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The foolish man seeks happiness in the
distance, the wise grows it
under his feet
- James Oppenheim
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More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly
- Woody Allen
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Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom
to know the difference
- Saint Francis of Assisi
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Patience is the
companion of wisdom
- Saint Augustine
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Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom
thou hath mastered
- Blavatsky
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The study of history is the
beginning of political wisdom
- Jean Bodin
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Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner
- General Bradley
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Some of the waiters discuss the menu with you as if they were sharing wisdom picked up in the Himalayas
- Seymour Britchky
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On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him
- Buddha
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I do not believe in the collective
wisdom of individual ignorance
- Thomas Carslyle
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These days people seek knowledge,
not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past,
wisdom is of the future
- Vernon Cooper
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A hint to the wise is sufficient, but
a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
- Unknown
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Dont cry because it's over,
smile because it happened
- Unknown
(Thanks jenhayes@home.com)
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Significance is the
bewilderment of yesterday.
- Milt Gusoff
(Thanks Gussie2500@aol.com)
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With one wish we wake the will within wisdom
With one will we wish the wisdom within waking
- Dead Can Dance
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