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" Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better. "
Kay Redfield Jamison
Knowledge
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" 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. "
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" In an era in which war and terrorism - at home and abroad - are often based on racial, religious and ethnic differences, rediscovering the wisdom of love and compassion may help us increase our survival at a time when an increasingly divided country and world so badly need it. "
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" The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become. "
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" Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart. "
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" Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance. "
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" How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. "
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" We're living in a society where you need to be accountable for your actions, for your behavior - for yourself. To sit back and be reactive would be to allow your children to make big mistakes without the benefit of your wisdom being bestowed on them. It's not what my parents taught me. "
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" The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. "
Christopher Lasch
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" But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion. "
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" Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. "
Felix Frankfurter
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" Man is only great when he acts from passion. "
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" It is better to rust out than wear out. "
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" The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. "
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" Grief is so human, and it hits everyone at one point or another, at least, in their lives. If you love, you will grieve, and that's just given. "
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" Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom. "
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" He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich. "
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" A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. "
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" You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself. "
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" 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. "
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" A closed mouth catches no flies. "
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" An owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom, so we are neither doves nor hawks but owls, and we are vigilant when others are resting. "
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" Please all, and you will please none. "
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" I'm exploring the maturity, the wisdom that just comes from having gone around the sun 50 times. My experience is, 'Oh, I'm never really going to get it right. I'm never going to get it done. But that's not the point here.' The point is the journey. "
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