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If people can't acknowledge the wisdom of indigenous cultures, then that's their loss.
"What do you want out of life?" I asked, and I used to ask that all the time of girls.
Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.
I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
Cease to sin, because you will not meet Allah with anything [as valuable] as few sins.
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
The opportunity of a lifetime must be grasped within the lifetime of that opportunity.
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
Advances are Made by Answering Questions. Discoveries are Made by Questioning Answers.
This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school.
It has taken me all my life to understand it is not necessary to understand everything.
A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes he is no longer indispensable.
Understand that wisdom is higher than intellect and discretion is higher than debating.
Intellect is not wisdom one must understand. They're two things - wisdom and intellect.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well.
In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.
Wisdom may be the ultimate arbiter, but is seldom the immediate agent in human affairs.
I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.
Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
If you could stop reflecting, immediately you establish yourself in the ocean of peace.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
At the end of the day, anybody who thinks there's a reward for nothing, ends up losing.
Spirit is like a mirror where you see yourself clearly and you start changing yourself.
In ignorance, I am something; in understanding, I am nothing; in love, I am everything.
If wisdom was to cease throughout the world, no one would suspect himself of ignorance.
Let go of what you can't control. Channel all that energy into living fully in the now.
None of us can come to the highest maturity without enduring the summer heat of trials.
Forgive everyone for your own sins and be sure to tell them you love them which you do.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man.
Don't solve your problems, dissolve your problems - so that they should not recur again.
Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.
Sahaja Yoga is nothing but love, love, love. How much you love others is the main point.
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.
When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.
Wisdom cannot be directly transmitted, and does not readily accumulate through the ages.
You never actually know how you're going to handle a problem until you actually have it.