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"I found a lot of maturity, wisdom, humble attitude, gratitude."
"The prayer is this: grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
"Smart people learn from their own mistakes; wise people learn from the mistakes of others."
"I am wise. I make wise decisions and I learn from my experiences."
"There's no expiration date on human wisdom about sexuality."
"The memory without the emotional charge is called wisdom, and that's why we're here."
"I think the most noble way to think about life is to keep all the things in balance."
"Learn from the mistakes of others... A wise man learns from the mistakes of others."
"Polygyny is a form that has so much wisdom in it, and a lot has been lost in our conditioning."
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."
"Wisdom is not algorithmic and cannot be made algorithmic. You can't have an 'if this, then that' algorithm that actually equals wisdom."
"Reading is very important; gain more wisdom, gain more understanding."
"You start to derive wisdom from it, literally you're taking negatives and turning them into positives."
"As you become wiser and smarter, you're going to become stronger, you will develop that sense of self mastery."
"Men learn from their mistakes, wise men learn from the mistakes of others."
"Pray for understanding. That's the key. Understanding so you can move in wisdom."
"You are so much more wise and empowered than you think you are."
"Complexity, nuance, valuing wisdom, and lifelong learning are crucial aspects of systems thinking."
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to."
"When we meditate, we do literally expand our minds, and when we expand our minds, we expand our opportunity to receive more wisdom, more guidance, more information."
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."
"When I lived as a monk, a lot of the wisdom that we studied and the Eastern literatures that we spent time excavating were not aimed at monks; they were just aimed at humanity."
"Wisdom doesn't have a passport. It's a global trait."
"The fear of the Lord, that's where wisdom begins."
"How do we...help each other, how can we care for each other, how can we act wisely in these times."
"Live supremely well now. This is the way of the wise."
"Can we make wisdom spread as far and as fast as entertainment?"
"You can use your money as a tool instead of as a fool."
"Everybody has different roles, and there's always somebody whose job it is to go out, to experience the world, to bring back the wisdom in a form that has been digested and made easy for other people to take away."
"Little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."
"You're gonna bloom and blossom into a lot of happiness, and you are so wise for everything that you've been going through."
"Nature has kind of wisdom that exists beyond intelligence or above intelligence."
"Through that, you have become so wise, and you are expanding into the wisdom you have obtained through these heavy experiences."
"Pray for this current Israeli government to have spines of steel and wisdom like Solomon."
"Price is what you pay, value is what you get."
"Wisdom doesn't come from being perfect; it comes from presence."
"What absolutely is possible is a whole new paradigm if we can again awaken to the wisdom of our heart."
"Work with the laws of nature, not against them. You cannot burn the candle at both ends and have light very long."
"Going into the stillness of meditation, you have what wisdom traditions have called revelation - revealed truth."
"If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Life lesson."
"I appreciate anybody who imparts wisdom on me."
"Use your wisdom to choose the right time for communication."
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom."
"The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere."
"Never criticize, condemn, or complain. Carnegie says any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do."
"Wisdom meant power, and it was Alexandria's ultimate ambition to become the most powerful city on earth by capturing all the world's knowledge within its walls."
"Don't quit. This whatever this is, is gonna bring wisdom, its realization, its awakening."
"Had a lot of wisdom awakening with the owl, seeing things clearly."
"Gain wisdom through the study of the unknown."
"Humility combined with a bit of wisdom from life experience but combined with an extraordinary amount of energy."
"Philosophy, from the Greek word philosophia, literally means love of wisdom."
"The question is, are we listening to this inner voice? Are we allowing the knowledge and wisdom from the inner voice to be received so that we can express it?"
"The Quran didn't just come here to give us laws; the Quran came to give us endless lifelong wisdom."
"We got some very wise, wise people on this couch."
"The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls must be wise."
"Knowledge is more important and more valuable than money, and if you apply the knowledge, it turns into something crazy: wisdom."
"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing."
"Socrates's belief separated him from others of the time and defined true wisdom."
"You're coming out stronger, you're coming out wiser, you're coming out better."
"The wise man, the truly philosophical man, is the man who is entirely in control of his own soul, who takes utter and complete moral responsibility for his actions and is indifferent to everything else."
"The fear of the Lord is what gives us longevity."
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
"Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established."
"Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding."
"The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips."
"He that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him."
"The wisdom of God is infallible, flawless, and from everlasting to everlasting."
"Wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it."
"Wisdom reaches from one end to another mightily, and sweetly doth she order all things."
"She is easily seen of them that love her, and found of such as seek her."
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."
"Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out."
"The Serenity Prayer goes, 'God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can change, and the wisdom to know the difference.'"
"Maturity really helps you with that. As you get older, you get wiser."
"Wisdom is not the same as knowledge. Knowledge is the acquisition of information. Wisdom is understanding how to apply that information."
"God loves us more than we love ourselves and is wiser than we are."
"Submitting yourself to the wisdom of God in the Law of God does not limit your life."
"The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction."
"It's better to marry than to burn with passion, but it's also better to learn to control your passion than it is to marry an idiot."
"A wise woman builds her house on a foundation of godly precepts and her household thrives."
"The real benefit for us comes from wisdom, love, and compassion, not from aversion and craving."
"Recognizing and being aware of our emotions and sensations as they are, is the wisdom."
"The old saying is a wise man will learn from others' mistakes; a fool will learn from his own."
"The true muscle of a human is the intellect, the wisdom, and the knowledge."
"This lesson today was about trust and through knowing His true knowledge and His wisdom, may Allah grant us understanding."
"If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
"When you get older, you'll understand not everything is so cut and dried."
"The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."
"Life can be terrifying, so the only way to survive it is to be as scary as life itself. Wise words to live by."
"The secret of resilience is to know the difference between what we can and cannot control."
"I have grown in wisdom, I've learned, I have shifted and changed, and I have so much to offer."
"Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can get in life."
"If you keep company with wise people, you'll become wise."
"The quality of your questions will determine the quality of your life."
"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom."
"We are called to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves."
"Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore, get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding."
"Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding."
"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding."
"Store up this wisdom in our minds and hearts and let the Lord bring it back to us when we need it."
"The Way of the Voice is neither wide nor easy. But if you stray from wisdom, then to Sovngarde you will not return."
"It's like you said, the older you get the more you come to understand."
"Against stupidity, even the gods are helpless."
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death."
"This special gift is from your one and only Obama, please use this wisely."
"Wisdom is being so in touch with reality that you know what is the right thing to do in the vast majority of situations that the moral rules don't apply to."
"He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm."
"Wisdom is recognizing the limitations of our brain and what we think we know and what we can know."
"True wisdom is knowing that you know nothing."
"She's giving out a free life lesson for real."
"Wisdom is power, and power is wisdom, one with each other, perfecting the whole."
"Light comes only to him who strives; hard is the pathway that leads to the wisdom, hard is the pathway that leads to the light."
"Once you know the way broadly, you can see it in all things."
"The wise person is beyond that grief, could understand the nature of life and death, and in that understanding could let that nature be."
"To win 100 victories in 100 battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill."
"The Grand Duke said, 'He who excels at resolving difficulties does so before they arise.'"
"I need to be alerting and open to every idea. I don't have to accept every idea, but I have to listen carefully because there's wisdom out there that I might not be able to understand if I'm just channeled in my own myopia."
"The successful treatments are in the wisdom of nature. It's in the wisdom that we need to go back and relearn."
"To worry about something you can't change is useless, and to worry about something you can change is stupid."
"If you're able to appreciate being able to deny yourself something that you want... any good thing, too much of it becomes a bad thing."
"This book is very short, it's only like 80 something pages, but contained within it are paragraphs, sentences of wisdom that are timeless, based on principles that are designed to reorganize, restructure the way you think."
"Serenity, calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control."
"Resilience is not just about bouncing back but about moving forward with greater strength and wisdom."
"Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad."
"The children of this world are wiser in their own generation than the children of light."
"Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure with trouble." - Proverbs 15:16.
"There's no shame in avoiding a fight you can't win."
"What would you do if your father was dying a terrible death? What you should have done was live the life that you should have lived so that at that point of unbelievable complexity you'd be wise enough to make the appropriate decision."
"The older I get, the more I realize I don't know as much as I used to think I know."
"Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established."
"Choose your battles; not everything has to be a fight, and not everything should be a fight."
"The thing about music is, it was your gang, it was your identity."
"Old age is a process of seeing things come up again and again...the third time they come up you go, okay, I know what that is, and I'm not falling for it this time."
"My relationship with God is now a pursuit of truth and a pursuit of wisdom."
"A person without self-control is like a city with broken down walls."
"Harsh words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing."
"Wisdom comes with age, but with openness and skepticism, we don't need decades of trial and error to sort out which of our convictions may be improbable."
"Therefore give to your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I might discern between good and evil."
"Lord, teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."
"Inner wisdom nurtures the skills necessary to see all possibilities."
"Grant us by the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in His holy consolation through Christ our Lord."
"The wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."
"Avoid the liar, avoid the liar, avoid the liar."
"A fool uttereth all his mind, but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward."
"Knowledge is daily increase, but wisdom is daily decrease."
"A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bone."
"Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding."
"Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense."
"The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of understanding." - The Kybalion
"The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore."
"The further you get in life, the more defense is important."
"I've been keeping a running list of all the most important principles that I wish I knew when I was younger."
"There is so much wisdom in being able to distinguish wants from needs."
"Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement."
"There's a lot of wisdom that's going to be coming in and the birth of something new."
"The conscious use of the great power of visualization intensifies your wisdom and enables you to make use of advantages which you formerly failed to recognize."
"Listening to old people is basically a cheat code for life."
"With great power comes great responsibility. It was certainly said before the great power came."
"The truth is one, but the wise speak of it differently."
"It's just get to know Jesus more. That's it. He gives you the wisdom, discernment, the convictions, the understanding, the direction."
"Everybody has a little piece of wisdom that they can share with you at any given time."
"There's a lot of people that believed in Aang...but when it came down to how Aang did things at the very very end, there was wisdom that he drew from the past, but it was a combination of him holding the past, the future, and the present in tandem."
"Higher Wisdom is incredibly important, especially right now, when we're at this very polarizing time."
"The conscious use of this great power attracts to you multiplied resources, intensifies your wisdom, and enables you to make use of advantages which you formerly failed to recognize."
"I'm sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore, be shrewd as snakes and innocent as doves."
"Wisdom says, 'I love those that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me.'"
"Good advice is good advice, whether it's followed or not."
"There's a lot of value in religion... We could have just seen what things were metaphorical, what things were literal, and tried to keep the wisdom that was inside of it."
"A wise man told me don't argue with fools because people from a distance can't tell who is who."
"That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."
"All human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope'."
"Understanding comes from knowledge, but when knowledge becomes its full power, it turns into wisdom, and wisdom is applied knowledge."
"Only fools learn from experience. Smart people learn from other people's experiences."
"My grandma said, 'You are the company you keep.'"
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is death."
"Carefully consider how you live. Live wisely, not foolishly. Make the most of your time."
"The wise who control their body, who control their tongue, the wise who control their mind, are indeed well controlled."
"The truth of the matter many times is not in what you pick up, the answer is in what you let go of."
"In times of trouble, it's really not company that you need, it's sound wisdom."
"Person who chases two rabbits catches neither."
"You're going to be in some sort of position where a lot of people look up to you...you're full of knowledge, wisdom, and so much effort towards your life and your projects."
"Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore, get wisdom. And with all thy getting, get understanding."
"Self-pity is our worst enemy, and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in the world."
"I'll be praying about an issue and I suddenly have wisdom on exactly how to handle it... Do I think that God is blessing me with that wisdom? Yes, I do."
"The only thing I do know is that we have to be kind."
"Get yourself some [money], and to me, that's a smart message."
"Wisdom applies the knowledge to make a decision; the original data has become useful, enabling an action to be taken."
"We go out to the edge of the world to gather wisdom, but on the way back, we lose it. We can't bring it back, or we can only bring back fragments of it."
"You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink."
"A friend of everybody is a friend of nobody."
"A smart man will learn from his mistakes, but a wise man will learn from someone else's mistakes."
"It's okay to love a person, miss a person so much but still have the wisdom to know they're not your person and you're better off not together."
"The soul is superior to its knowledge, wisdom, and good abide."
"You got to extract from real life experiences."
"The heart is the gateway to the soul's wisdom."
"Wisdom is not optional; it's an absolute prerequisite to religion."
"Your majesty, instead of covering the whole kingdom in leather, why not just cover your feet?"
"Wisdom is the ability to make good decisions and is a combination of experience plus reflection."
"I have more people pursuing me than ever in my life, but I have fewer people in my life now because I'm wiser."
"Maybe one day, Ash, maybe you too will be blessed with knowledge."