#wisdom

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it. ↗

— Peter Jennings

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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. ↗

— Erica Jong

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If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ↗

— Michael Jordan

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At the time of Lewis and Clark, setting the prairies on fire was a well-known signal that meant, ‘Come down to the water.’ It was an extravagant gesture, but we can’t do less. If the landscape reveals one certainty, it is that the extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation. After the extravagant gesture of creation in the first place, the universe has continued to deal exclusively in extravagances, flinging intricacies and colossi down aeons of emptiness, heaping profusions on profligacies with ever fresh vigor. The whole show has been on fire from the word go. I come down to the water to cool my eyes. But everywhere I look, I see fire: that which isn’t flint is tinder, and the whole world sparks and flames. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#landscape #life #nature #wisdom #beauty

If experience is the best teacher, there's nothing that comes close to the experience of life. ↗

— Michael A. Singer

#experience-mistakes-wisdom #experiences #growth #inspirational #life-lessons

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. ↗

— Horace

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