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" When I was born, the wisdom was that homosexuality was an illness; that it was caused largely by somebody's mother, and a distorted relationship with the mother. And now, as I live my life - married to a husband, with kids - it's an identity. "

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" 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. "

Marlo Thomas

Father

World

Wisdom

" 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. "

" There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. "

" I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things. "

" What's unique about the Mormon Church is that it encourages inquiry. I really do think my research and religion are all on the same page. I never could have come up with the notion of disruptive innovations, which went against a lot of conventional wisdom, if I hadn't been raised to always be asking questions. "

Clayton M. Christensen

Research

Page

Religion

" Man is only great when he acts from passion. "

Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom

Passion

" Gay rights are not primarily marriage rights, and for the millions who live in unaccepting places with no resources, dignity remains elusive. I am lucky to have forged meaning and built identity, but that's still a rare privilege. And gay people deserve more, collectively, than the crumbs of justice. "

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

" Never say never, but the thought of electively cutting oneself is beyond my grasp, and I also object to it politically. Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care to make. "

" Look around for a place to sow a few seeds. "

" Wisdom may best arise from a humbling reality. "

" A short saying often contains much wisdom. "

" All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. "

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

" The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. "

Jean Paul

See

Through

" He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. "

" Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being. "

" If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. "

" Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Wisdom

Mind

Words

" The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. "

John Kenneth Galbraith

March

Enemy

Wisdom

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

" 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. "

" Commitment is an act, not a word. "

" Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. "

" I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others. "

" People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. "

" Parenting is no sport for perfectionists. "

" Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment. "

" We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal. "

" Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see - not what is right in front of them in its pristine condition. "