Wisdom
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God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
God 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.
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.
The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.
The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don't live in the shadows of people's judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Nature herself makes the wise man rich.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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