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" To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly. "

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" The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. "

William Hazlitt

" Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. "

" Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values. "

" There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex. "

" This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say. "

" Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise. "

" Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. "

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. "

" Wisdom may best arise from a humbling reality. "

" The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence. "

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

" 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. "

" Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions. "

Laurence Sterne

" The problem with Google is you have 360 degrees of omnidirectional information on a linear basis, but the algorithms for irony and ambiguity are not there. And those are the algorithms of wisdom. "

" Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. "

" Spiritual teachers and artists that have opened the eye of wisdom for the world, and visionary community builders, have influenced my work. "

" Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom. "

Walter Benjamin

" A promise made is a debt unpaid. "

Robert W. Service

" Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. "

Thomas A. Edison

" 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. "

" Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. "

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

" When in doubt, don't. "

Benjamin Franklin

" Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. "

Bertrand Russell

" You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements. "

" Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment. "