Wise quotations

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◆ Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know—and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. It is better to know—even if the knowledge endures only for the moment that comes before destruction—than to gain eternal life at the price of a dull and swinish lack of comprehension of a universe that swirls unseen before us in all its wonder. That was the choice of Achilles, and it is mine, too.

- Isaac Asimov99

◆ The world gives us PLENTY of opportunities to strengthen our patience. While this truth can definitely be challenging, this is a good thing. Patience is a key that unlocks the door to a more fulfilling life. It is through a cultivation of patience that we become better parents, powerful teachers, great businessmen, good friends, and a live a happier life.

- Steve Maraboli99

◆ Don't do anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable reading about in the newspaper the next day.

- Joel Osteen99

◆ In this world only the paranoid survive.

- Dean Koontz99

◆ The wisest men follow their own direction.

- Euripides99

◆ Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence.

- Jodi Picoult99

◆ That's the best thing about little sisters: They spend so much time wishing they were elder sisters that in the end they're far wiser than the elder ones could ever be.

- Gemma Burgess99

◆ Wisdom equals knowledge plus courage. You have to not only know what to do and when to do it, but you have to also be brave enough to follow through.

- Jarod Kintz99

◆ One of the most productive ways a government can spend money on the people is by building more prisons. That's what makes the US so great. That's what freedom is all about.?

- Jarod Kintz99

◆ Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

- Helen Keller99

◆ I am too young to be called wise and I am too old to be called young.

- Santosh Kalwar99

◆ The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.

- Confucius99

◆ Make your lives a masterpiece, you only get one canvas.

- E.A. Bucchianeri99

◆ Whoever keeps his mouth shut when he realizes that he is wrong is wise and he who holds the mouth even if he is right is married.

- Vikrant Parsai99

◆ Be wise and do the right thing. Don't let irrelevant people waste your time. Your time is valuable and should be spent with valuable people.

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