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" Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. "

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" Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet. "

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" The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason. "

" I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope. "

" The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. "

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" Wisdom may best arise from a humbling reality. "

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

" Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness. "

" There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity. "

" In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance. "

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" I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. "

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" The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it. "

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" The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth. "

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