#wisdom

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense. ↗

— Henry Miller

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Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth. ↗

— Keith Miller

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The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. ↗

— John Muir

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Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition. ↗

— Riccardo Muti

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If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. ↗

— Holly Near

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War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience. ↗

— Arnold Palmer

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I love being. There's so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn't it great just being? ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#great #hey #i #i love #just

One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most. ↗

— Walter Pater

#awakening #beautiful #beauty #book #confessions