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" Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured. "

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" Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. "

Josh Billings

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Wisdom

" Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. "

" I consider wisdom supernatural because it isn't taught by men - it's a gift from God. "

" Trouble shared is trouble halved. "

" Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. "

" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be. "

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

" The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it. "

" 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. "

" The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. "

" I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. "

" There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart. "

" It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst. "

" Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. "

" I believe that when an elder dies, a library is burned: vast sums of wisdom and knowledge are lost. Throughout the world libraries are ablaze with scant attention. "

Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey

Knowledge

Lost

Wisdom

" Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. "

" The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it. "

" The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. "

" Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. "

" The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field. "

" Appearances are often deceiving. "

" We all have within us a deep wisdom, but sometimes we don't know we have it. "

" I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people. "

" There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source. "

" What's unique about the Mormon Church is that it encourages inquiry. I really do think my research and religion are all on the same page. I never could have come up with the notion of disruptive innovations, which went against a lot of conventional wisdom, if I hadn't been raised to always be asking questions. "

Clayton M. Christensen

Research

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Religion

" What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty. "

" Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. "

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

" The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. "

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Rules

Man

Young Man

" Be happy. It's one way of being wise. "

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Happy

Wise

Be Happy