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Wisdom Quotes (page 25)

Wallace Stegner quote: "The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue..."
The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. Wallace Stegner
If living is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness. Jane Smiley
John Steinbeck quote: "The Lord in his wisdom gave money to very curious people,..."
The Lord in his wisdom gave money to very curious people, perhaps because they'd starve without. -Liza John Steinbeck
I abstain from the people who consider insolence bravery and tenderness cowardice. And I abstain from those who consider chatter wisdom and silence ignorance. Khalil Gibran
If he closes his eyes he sees the streets of Asia full of fire. It rolls across cities like a burst map, the hurricane of heat withering bodies as it meets them, the shadow of humans suddenly in the air. This tremor of Western wisdom. Michael Ondaatje
I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine, you remember those of Seneca, another of those old Romans I met when I fled down the Classics corridor, in retreat from career ladders, in search of ancient wisdom: As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. J. K. Rowling
Alexander Dumas quote: "All of human wisdom is contained within two words: wait and hope."
All of human wisdom is contained within two words: wait and hope. Alexander Dumas
The Lord of Light in his wisdom made us male and female, two parts of a greater whole. In our joining there is power. Power to make life. Power to make light. Power to cast shadows. George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin quote: "Is it so far from madness to wisdom?" - Daenerys Targaryen"
Is it so far from madness to wisdom?" - Daenerys Targaryen George R. R. Martin
[C. S. Lewis] showed me that newness is no virtue and oldness is no vice. Truth and beauty and goodness are not determined by when they exist. Nothing is inferior for being old, and nothing is valuable for being modern. This has freed me from the tyranny of novelty and opened for me the wisdom of the ages. John Piper
Each of us has... all the time there is. Those years, weeks, hours, are the sands in the glass running swiftly away. To let them drift through our fingers is tragic waste. To use them to the hilt, making them count for something, is the beginning of wisdom. Eleanor Roosevelt
Then said a teacher , speak to us of teaching . And he said : The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple among his followers gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. The astronomer may spaeak to you of his understanding of space , but he cannot give you his understanding. The musician may sing to you of the rythem which is in all space , but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the rythem nor the voice that echoes it . And he who is versed in the science... Khalil Gibran
In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God. Aeschylus
His lectures were always well attended, and not just because he imparted so much wisdom and knowledge: he also managed to do it with humour. It had taken Danny some time to realize that the professor enjoyed provoking discussion and argument by offering up outrageous statements to see what reaction he would arouse from his students. Jeffrey Archer
Robert E. Lee quote: "My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who..."
My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good. Robert E. Lee

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