#wisdom

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness. ↗

...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

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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

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Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. ↗

— Jimi Hendrix

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Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment. ↗

— Bell Hooks

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Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

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Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

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Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you. ↗

— Tom Hopkins

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I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom. ↗