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" In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit. "

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" All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted. "

Saint Teresa of Avila

" Karma, memory, and desire are just the software of the soul. It's conditioning that the soul undergoes in order to create experience. And it's a cycle. In most people, the cycle is a conditioned response. They do the same things over and over again. "

" To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius. "

" People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. "

J. Michael Straczynski

" People used to grow up in small communities where folk wisdom was passed down. But we don't live there anymore. We can't go next door to your aunt and ask her for the answers. "

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

" The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. "

" One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go. "

" So many things happen for every event, and if you try to manipulate it, it means you are struggling against the whole universe, and that's just silly. "

" It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom. "

" The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery. "

" I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. "

" You can observe a lot by watching. "

" A cardinal rule in budgeting and saving is to pay yourself first. Once your paycheck hits your account, wisdom has it that you should move some amount to savings even before you pay the bills. "

" I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. "

Igor Stravinsky

" Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival. "

" Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? "

Friedrich Nietzsche

" Lion sounds that have not grown from the mouse may exude naked power... but cannot convey any wisdom or understanding... The initial steps on the path to courageous speech then are the first tentative steps into the parts of us that cannot speak. "

" Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. "

Tobias Smollett

" Never cut what you can untie. "

" Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers. "

" Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being. "

Orison Swett Marden

" Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. "

" Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. "

" Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. "

" If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. "

" Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better. "

Kay Redfield Jamison

" We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster. "

" I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done. "

Hillary Clinton

" He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care. "

" To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute. "