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" When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. "

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" A short saying often contains much wisdom. "

" It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. "

" In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the ancient Greeks and Romans also held the view that acceptance is the beginning of wisdom. "

" It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone. "

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" I don't see the wisdom in modern politicians that I once saw in men like Dean Acheson, David Bruce, or George Marshall. In my day, the northeastern establishment dominated foreign policy formulation, but the composition and distribution of our population is very different today. "

Henry Kissinger

" Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture. "

" You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important. "

" Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive. "

" You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is. "

" And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm. "

" The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in. "

" Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. "

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

" Robots have already surpassed human beings in calculation and memory, but I have no doubt that the time will come when they will surpass in wisdom as well. "

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" Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. "

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" Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. "

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

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" The topic 'Farm Wisdom' is not a gospel doctrine or scriptural topic, although I found considerable scriptural support for the lessons learned on the farm. "

" And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face. "

" It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate. "

" A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. "

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