Timeless Wisdom: Profound Quotes for Life's Journey - Page 3

Gain insights from wise quotes that offer timeless wisdom and deep reflections on life, society, and personal growth. Page 3 provides more wisdom quotes.

Image of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Image of Charles Dickens
A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
- Charles Dickens
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Image of W. S. Merwin
The time of wisdom cannot be measured, and for me, wisdom is the garden. There is no time in the garden.
- W. S. Merwin
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Image of Omar N. Bradley
If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
- Omar N. Bradley
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Image of Sam Harris
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.
- Sam Harris
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Image of Gene Roddenberry
'Star Trek' was an attempt to say humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in lifeforms.
- Gene Roddenberry
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Image of Apollonius of Tyana
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.
- Apollonius of Tyana
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Image of William Blake
The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.
- William Blake
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Image of James Newman
Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.
- James Newman
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Image of Alex Grey
I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect.
- Alex Grey
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Image of Walter Scott
Teach your children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.
- Walter Scott
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Image of Anatole France
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
- Anatole France
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Image of Zoe Saldana
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
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Image of Benjamin Franklin
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
- Benjamin Franklin
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Image of Francis of Assisi
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
- Francis of Assisi
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Image of Buddha
Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.
- Buddha
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Image of Plutarch
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
- Plutarch
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Image of Venerable Bede
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
- Venerable Bede
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Image of Vusi Mahlasela
If you are bitter, you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash, and you can get blown away by the wind. There is much more wisdom in forgiveness.
- Vusi Mahlasela
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Image of Lucille Ball
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
- Lucille Ball
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Image of Eric Clapton
I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.
- Eric Clapton
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Image of Saint Bernard
Christian, learn from Christ how you ought to love Christ. Learn a love that is tender, wise, strong; love with tenderness, not passion, wisdom, not foolishness, and strength, lest you become weary and turn away from the love of the Lord.
- Saint Bernard
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Image of Masayoshi Son
Robots have already surpassed human beings in calculation and memory, but I have no doubt that the time will come when they will surpass in wisdom as well.
- Masayoshi Son
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Image of Pindar
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
- Pindar
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Image of Louie Schwartzberg
What I want to do with my filmmaking is help kids experience the truth and wisdom of nature no matter where they are, whether or not they have the opportunity to go to a national park.
- Louie Schwartzberg
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Image of Rod Taylor
I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.
- Rod Taylor
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Image of Euripides
Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
- Euripides
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Image of Evelyn Waugh
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
- Evelyn Waugh
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Image of Edmund Burke
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
- Edmund Burke
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Image of Rush Limbaugh
Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom.
- Rush Limbaugh
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Image of Jose Bergamin
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.
- Jose Bergamin
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Image of Ruby Bridges
Wisdom is a gift but has nothing to do with age. That was probably the case with me.
- Ruby Bridges
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Image of Rabindranath Tagore
Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.
- Rabindranath Tagore
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Image of Laurie Colwin
No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, and the wisdom of cookbook writers.
- Laurie Colwin
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Image of Jean Cocteau
The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.
- Jean Cocteau
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Image of Mary Browne
Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
- Mary Browne
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Image of Arthur Helps
We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.
- Arthur Helps
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Image of Charles Spurgeon
After many years of great mercy, after tasting of the powers of the world to come, we still are so weak, so foolish; but, oh! when we get away from self to God, there all is truth and purity and holiness, and our heart finds peace, wisdom, completeness, delight, joy, victory.
- Charles Spurgeon
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Image of Robert E. Lee
The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
- Robert E. Lee
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Image of Aleister Crowley
Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.
- Aleister Crowley
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Image of Anthony Hopkins
I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.
- Anthony Hopkins
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Image of Deepak Chopra
In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.
- Deepak Chopra
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Image of Estelle Getty
Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles.
- Estelle Getty
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Image of Mary Astell
Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.
- Mary Astell
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Image of Leonardo da Vinci
Good men by nature, wish to know. I know that many will call this useless work... men who desire nothing but material riches and are absolutely devoid of that of wisdom, which is the food and only true riches of the mind.
- Leonardo da Vinci
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Image of Thomas Jefferson
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
- Thomas Jefferson
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Image of Ray Lewis
My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding.
- Ray Lewis
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Image of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Image of Aristotle
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
- Aristotle
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