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What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young read more
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
So wise so young, they say, do never live long.
So wise so young, they say, do never live long.
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a
fool are in the ends of the read more
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a
fool are in the ends of the earth.
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
But these are foolish things to all the wise,
And I love wisdom more than she loves me;
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But these are foolish things to all the wise,
And I love wisdom more than she loves me;
My tendency is to philosophise
On most things, from a tyrant to a tree;
But still the spouseless virgin Knowledge flies,
What are we? and whence come we? what shall be
Our ultimate existence? What's our present?
Are questions answerless, and yet incessant.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into read more
If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering.
