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" Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense. "

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" I've learned through my own relationship with God that He's not expecting me to be perfect; He wants me to do my best to be in His will and take steps of faith as He leads me, through His Word and the promptings He speaks to my heart. "

" We can't really digest food unless there's hunger. So we can't really assimilate spiritual wisdom unless we feel the need for it. "

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" The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. "

" Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost. "

" When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom. "

" The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation. "

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" He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise. "

" Wisdom is found only in truth. "

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" Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. "

" To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. "

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" Wisdom begins in wonder. "

" You don't have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don't have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life. "

" Wisdom comes by disillusionment. "

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Disillusionment

" You don't have to be like everybody else or do things like everybody else. God created you to be a unique individual, and He wants you to be free to be who He made you to be. "

" 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. "

" Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality: the West is the fount of all wisdom. We think of ourselves as open-minded, but our sense of superiority has closed our minds. We never entertained the idea that China could surpass the U.S. "

" The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching. "

Joseph Smith, Jr.

" It's just human nature to try and figure things out. So, when we're in the midst of a situation, we usually try to reason our way through it. "

" I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. "

" Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete. "

" Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. "

" Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. "

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" I pray while driving. I pray while working, and while relaxing. "

" While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my father used to extol, that homosexuality was a sure sign of a civilization in decline. "

" Rediscovering the wisdom of love and compassion may help us survive at a time when an increasingly balkanized world so badly needs it. "

" Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. "

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