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" The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. "

Walter Benjamin

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" There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart. "

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

" Slow and steady wins the race. "

" A mouse does not rely on just one hole. "

" In my life, I was always floating around the edge of the dark side and saying what if take it a little bit too far, and who says you have to stop there, and what's behind the next door. Maybe you gain a wisdom from examining those things. But after a while, you get too far down in the quicksand. "

" Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm. "

" How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. "

" What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks. "

" We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy. "

" As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life. "

" Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. "

" Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. "

Julian Casablancas

" A good memory is surely a compost heap that converts experience to wisdom, creativity, or dottiness; not that these things are of much earthly value, but at least they may keep you amused when the world is keeping you locked away or shutting you out. "

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

" It's not the having, it's the getting. "

Elizabeth Taylor

" My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better. "

" Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. "

David Starr Jordan

" The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. "

" As we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others. "

Sharon Salzberg

" Strength and wisdom are not opposing values. "

William J. Clinton

" The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. "

" Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. "

" As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. "

" Protection, as we use the word in Buddhism, is actually wisdom, it's insight. Protection is seeing and knowing deeply that all things in our experience arise due to causes, due to conditions coming together in a certain way. "

Sharon Salzberg

" I think we do need to try to not just rely on the central bank to, in its wisdom, adjust interest rates, but allow for people to avoid being exposed to inflation risk. "

Robert J. Shiller

" Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin. "

" It isn't what you do, but how you do it. "

" He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest. "

Walter Benjamin

" Consider this point. It is a main point of true wisdom. Whenever there is an execution of purpose, there must be an agent. "

Adoniram Judson