Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received

I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received

For old age is not honored for length of time,
or measured by number of years;
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For old age is not honored for length of time,
or measured by number of years;
but understanding is gray hair for anyone,
and a blameless life is ripe old age.

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches read more

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

We must become the change we want to see.

We must become the change we want to see.

Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own read more

Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own tooth.