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If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
History is the lie commonly agreed upon.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
What's scary in life is not what people know (or don't know), but what they know that ain't so.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
A real medicine can only exist when it penetrates into a knowledge which embraces the human being in respect to body, soul and spirit.
Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
When you know better you do better.
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ.
What we do not understand we do not possess.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
The more you know the less you need to say.
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
Seeking knowledge at an Young age is like engraving on a stone.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
There is one thing one has to have either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.
It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.
Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky.
The study of art is a lifetime matter. The best any artist can do is to accumulate all the knowledge possible of art and its principles, study nature often and then practice continually.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
I don't want to believe. I want to know.
The best prescription is knowledge.
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is limited.
True words seem false.
Schools teach ignorance.
I don't believe. I know.
"Ganas is all you need."
Cleverness is not wisdom.
I know what I do not know.
