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In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.
It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.
Vigorous Scout games are the best form of physical education because most of them bring in moral education.
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.
Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
It is said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
Divinity cannot be perceived through your brain, unless and until this light of your spirit shines into it.
If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.
Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you.
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.
I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.
The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.
To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit.
Prayer and love are really learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and your heart turns to stone.
We felt that the employees would take a greater interest in work if they felt they were part of the company.
Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.
The ultimate intelligence of all things is your essence. Your mind is the universe. Your body is all things.
Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys' man he can see it, too.
There is no wisdom of man that can change men or change nations; it is the power and wisdom of God that can.
Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
He taught people with his best way. He showed his beauty. He was all good so peace be on him and his family.
Forgiveness prompted by love is the only way to repair the devastation that so often mars our relationships.
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
We are never alone. We are all aspects of one great being. No matter how far apart we are, the air links us.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.
. . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often.
Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a chateau does to its owner.
A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse.
Mainly we obsess on fixing or pacifying the mind. I simply ask you to observe it from a place of neutrality.
Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.
Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has.
When you know yourself you are surprised that what is the greatest thing for you is to love and to be loved.
I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today.
Live for this life as though you live in it forever and live for the life to come as though you die tomorrow.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
I doubt if a charging elephant, or a rhino, is as determined or hard to check as a socially ambitious mother.
Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.
To be wise doesn't always mean to have a wrinkled face and sparkly eyes. To be wise means to be still inside.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.