The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of his ephemeral existence.
A.S. ByattTag: wisdom knowledge humanity
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore RooseveltTag: fear wisdom risk timidity decisiveness inaction just-do-it
Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.
Robert A. HeinleinTag: wisdom religion understanding piety zealotry
In the heartfelt mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will visit us, to shine on those sitting in darkness, in the shadow of death, to guide our feet to the way of peace.
AnonymousTag: wisdom peace god darkness light mercy bible
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When Don Quixote went out into the world, that world turned into a mystery before his eyes. That is the legacy of the first European novel to the entire subsequent history of the novel. The novel teaches us to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude.
Milan KunderaTag: wisdom mystery tolerance novel don-quixote
How will you know the difficulties of being human, if you are always flying off to blue perfection? Where will you plant your grief seeds? Workers need ground to scrape and hoe, not the sky of unspecified desire.
RumiTag: wisdom
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues.
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[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.
Tag: wisdom life metaphor irony
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Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.
Shannon HaleTag: wisdom understanding-others
wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good.
Gabriel García MárquezTag: wisdom
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Jean-Jacques RousseauTag: wisdom
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