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" The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it. "

Esther Williams

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" By the time you've reached your sixties, you do know that one day you will die, and knowing that is at least the beginning of wisdom. "

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" Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart. "

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" Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom. "

" 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. "

" My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding. "

" Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable. "

" Kabbalah is all about change. It isn't about being proud of our good qualities: the wisdom is about transforming our darkness into light. "

" Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth. So much for diplomacy. "

Esther Williams

" We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. "

John F. Kennedy

" Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. "

" Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. "

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

Julian Casablancas

" Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. "

" Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture. "

" The idea of victimage is a dreadful thing, a product of a safe middle-class perspective. What people who are not safe develop is a tragic wisdom, a wisdom that embraces contradiction and seeks a sense of balance rather than going to extremes. "

" There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives. "

" Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom. "

" Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. "

" Big money is not a good thing for a little soul: it will only ensnare his feet, and he will fall to his ruin. Wealth is safe only for those who have a wealth of wisdom. "

" It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. "

Arthur Conan Doyle

" No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will. "

" At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly. "

" Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the furthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness: a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say 'no.' But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow. "

Stephen Colbert

" The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. "

" If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. "