#wisdom

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom. ↗

— George MacDonald

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Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

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Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. ↗

— James Madison

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It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. ↗

— Gabriel Marcel

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Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. ↗

— Abraham Maslow

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I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

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It is not white hair that engenders wisdom. ↗

— Menander

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