#wisdom

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. ↗

— David Starr Jordan

#doing #knowing #next #virtue

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

#achieve #around #climb #everybody #figure

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#built #certainties #comprehend #dead #novel

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#comes #everything #having #novel #people

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#beginning #conquer #fear

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#conquer #cruelty #fear #main #main source

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#both #even #feeling #gate #real

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. ↗

— Dora Russell

#heeded #offering #wisdom

A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one. ↗

— Lord John Russell

#proverb #wisdom #wit

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#age #beauty #belt #different #different kind