#wisdom

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. ↗

— Alan Kay

#iq #perspective #points #worth

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. ↗

— John Keats

#definition #filled #give #hatreds #i

Consider the source...Don't be a fool by listening to a fool. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#discriminating #judgement #wisdom #dreams

No plaque reminds the passer-by of these glories, although there should be one; for those who invent biscuits bring great pleasure to many. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#humour #wisdom #food

Therapy to life: Eat with the wise, and drink with the fools! ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#content #drunkeness #eat #food-for-thought #fools

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#knowledge #our #our time #power #proper

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#greatness #happy #kind #lies #mind

Fats was starting to think that if you flipped every bit of received wisdom on its head you would have the truth. He wanted to journey through dark labyrinths and wrestle with the strangeness that lurked within; he wanted to crack open piety and expose hypocrisy; he wanted to break taboos and squeeze wisdom from their bloody hearts; he wanted to achieve a state of amoral grace, and be baptised backwards into ignorance and simplicity. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#wisdom #freedom

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. ↗

— Zhuangzi

#generous #great #petty #wisdom

why can't we control our anger? because we love perfection. make a little room for imperfection in our lives. ↗

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#wisdom #anger