#wisdom

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#into #knowledge #practice #put #unless

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#always #disguised #doubts #god #himself

The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#apparent #becomes #coalition #coalition forces #criticized

If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#achievements #call #claim #experiments #failures

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. ↗

— John Updike

#currency #elder #i #i am #i see

I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#black #contained #ever #experience #father

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. ↗

— Confucius

#compassion #courage #men #moral #moral qualities

Forget the place you're trying to get to and see the beauty in right now... ↗

— Evanescence

#life #wisdom #beauty

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#ages #experience #perpetuated #quotations #wise