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" The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. "

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" Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom. "

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" As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. "

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" Except for the grace of God, I would be nobody - and that grace is the opposite of merit - human labour, education or human wisdom. "

" Wisdom is a sacred communion. "

" It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you. "

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" Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom. "

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" Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss. "

" By definition, the Singularity means that machines would be smarter than us, and, in their wisdom, they can innovate new technologies. The innovations would come so quickly, and increasingly quickly, that the innovation would make Moore's Law seem as antiquated as Hammurabi's Code. "

" Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. "

" Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. "

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" 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. "

" The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique. "

" We should draw deep into Madiba's wisdom. We should draw deep into Madiba's style of doing things in an orderly manner, in a purposeful manner, in a way where we focus. "

Cyril Ramaphosa

" Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story is how we construct our experiences. At the very simplest, it can be: 'He/she was born, lived, died.' Probably that is the template of our stories - a beginning, middle, and end. This structure is in our minds. "

" Multicolored stones and paintings, walkways, and theaters are useless in a city unless it also contains wisdom and law. Such things are the subject of wisdom and law, not equivalent to them. "

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" Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it. "

Rabindranath Tagore

" The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good. "

" Kindness is wisdom. "

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

" There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. "

" We are wiser than we know. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

" There should be a point to movies. Sure, you're giving people a diversion from the cold world for a bit, but at the same time, you pass on some facts and rules and maybe a little bit of wisdom. "