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Letter "W" » Wisdom
«Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.»
«Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Information,
Intelligence,
Judgement,
Manners,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
a great deal, collected, collects, great deal, information, judgment, manner, smart
«Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.»
Author: Hermann Hesse
(Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Knowledge,
Teachers and teaching,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
communicate, communicated, fortified, fortifies, fortifying, wonders
«Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.»
Author: Martin H. Fischer
| About:
Knowledge,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
facts, piles, pile up, piling, process, simplification, The Pile
«Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.»
Author: Tao Te Ching
| About:
Intelligence,
Knowledge,
Strength,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
intelligence, mastering
«Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.»
«Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for its food, you will so conduct yourself in youth that your old age will not lack for nourishment.»
«Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.»
«Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.»
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