#wisdom

...the wise words of a friend and guide rang in my head. 'How would you distinguish a true servant of God from a traitor?...You should take especial notice of how a person speaks, not of other things, but of God. ↗

— Harry Blamires

#english-literature #god #religion #truth #wisdom

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#doubt #fool #going #greatest #greatest obstacle

If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty. ↗

— Nan Hayworth

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The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#highest wisdom #ill #mankind #perhaps #them

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. ↗

— Jimi Hendrix

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Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#breathing #capacity #every #feeling #life

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#law #makes #wisdom

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom. ↗

— Dee Hock

#also #different #employ #essential #humility

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#wisdom #humor