We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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I love Tom Waits because he's an artist who makes me not afraid to get old, and that's rare. I think it's a rare kind of thing to have that level of wisdom. And his lyrics are just astounding; everything in life is inside his lyrics.
Matt Bellamy
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I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.
Hippolyte Taine
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While many of us never knew Ronald Reagan personally, we felt close to him because we shared his lighthearted sense of humor, admired his uncommon virtue, and were moved by his remarkable wisdom.
Randy Forbes
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Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Jim Rohn
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It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
William Inge
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You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.
Teri Garr
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I used to think I was going to die wise, and now, the one wisdom I have is I know very little.
Mary Steenburgen
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Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Henry Van Dyke
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Saint Augustine
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We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.
Joe Baca
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He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.
William Penn
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Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
Samuel Smiles
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We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
Michel de Montaigne
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The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
Herbie Hancock
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
John Burroughs
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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
Plato
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You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life.
Ravi Zacharias
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Moliere
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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Henry David Thoreau
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
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The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
Plutarch
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