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“Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.”
John Patrick
“I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.”
Abraham Lincoln
“In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.”
Oscar Wilde
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
Hippolyte Taine
“Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.”
Swami Sivananda
“On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.”
Buddha
“There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.”
Lao Tzu
“Wisdom is learning what to overlook.”
William James
“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.”
Benjamin Franklin
