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~ Wisdom comes by disillusionment. ~

George Santayana

~ Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey. ~

Marcel Proust

~ Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body. ~

De Saint-Real

~ The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen. ~

Winston Churchill

~ Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. ~

Robert Francis Kennedy

~ Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. ~

Peter Kaye

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

Plato

~ In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. ~

Ansel Adams

~ Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. ~

Buddha

~ The end result of wisdom is... good deeds. ~

The Talmud

~ On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him. ~

Buddha

~ Opposition of one\'s desires is the sign of the highest level of wisdom in a human being. ~

al-Baqir, Muhammad

~ When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection it, will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires. ~

Ali bin Abu-Talib

~ Silence is one of the gates to wisdom. ~

Ali al-Rida

~ More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. ~

Woody Allen

~ A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. ~

Aristophanes

~ Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side. ~

Paolo Bacigalupi

~ Wisdom is the understanding of celestial things to which the Spirit is brought by Love. ~

Honor de Balzac

~ It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. ~

Oliver Wendell Holmes 1841

~ Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. ~

Theodore Isaac Rubin

~ We thought because we had power, we had wisdom. ~

Stephen Vincent Benet 1898

~ Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. ~

William Menninger

Buddha

~ Never under any circumstances say that meditation and wisdom are different; they are one unity, not two things. Meditation itself is the substance of wisdom; wisdom itself is the function of meditation. ~

Hui-neng

~ In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. ~

Ansel Adams

~ One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. ~

John Kenneth Gilbraith

~ Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. ~

Juvenal

~ Sometimes, simply by sitting, the soul collects wisdom. ~

Zen proverb

~ The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning. ~

Peter Abelard

~ The most certain sign of wisdom is continual cheerfulness; her state is like the things above the moon, always clear and serene. - ~

Michael de Montaigne

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