Philosophy & Thought: Wisdom Quotes

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"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars"

Og Mandino, Author

Og Mandino

"The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation"

Miguel de Cervantes, Novelist

Miguel de Cervantes

"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes"

Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist

Edsger Dijkstra

"Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be"

Miguel de Cervantes, Novelist

Miguel de Cervantes

"Reality is not always probable, or likely"

Jorge Luis Borges, Poet

Jorge Luis Borges

"What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance"

Mason Cooley, Writer

Mason Cooley

"Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle"

Mason Cooley, Writer

Mason Cooley

"Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them"

R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor

R. Buckminster Fuller

"No man is hurt but by himself"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"The mob is the mother of tyrants"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"Blushing is the color of virtue"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"By the time we've made it, we've had it"

Malcolm Forbes, Publisher

Malcolm Forbes

"Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity"

Coco Chanel, Designer

Coco Chanel

"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury"

Coco Chanel, Designer

Coco Chanel

"The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside"

Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat

Dag Hammarskjold

"You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs"

Dante Alighieri, Poet

Dante Alighieri

"Much learning does not teach understanding"

Heraclitus, Philosopher

Heraclitus

"Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice"

E. M. Forster, Novelist

E. M. Forster

"It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them"

T. S. Eliot, Poet

T. S. Eliot

"And all may do what has by man been done"

Edward Young, Poet

Edward Young

"No blessing lasts forever"

Plautus, Playwright

Plautus

"Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic"

Thomas Szasz, Psychologist

Thomas Szasz

"The possession of anything begins in the mind"

Bruce Lee, Actor

Bruce Lee

"The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others"

Aesop, Author

Aesop

"I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome"

Epicurus, Philosopher

"Seek simplicity but distrust it"

Alfred North Whitehead, Mathematician

Alfred North Whitehead

"Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying"

Marilyn vos Savant, Author

Marilyn vos Savant

"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out"

Anton Chekhov, Dramatist

Anton Chekhov

"Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?"

Babe Ruth, Athlete

Babe Ruth

"Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive"

William F. Buckley, Jr., Journalist

William F. Buckley, Jr.

"If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose"

Charles Bukowski, Poet

Charles Bukowski

"The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future"

Herbert Spencer, Philosopher

Herbert Spencer

"A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it"

William Ralph Inge, Clergyman

William Ralph Inge

"A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible"

Thomas Hardy, Novelist

Thomas Hardy

"Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good"

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, Diplomat

"You cannot travel within and stand still without"

James Lane Allen, Author

James Lane Allen

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets"

Arthur Miller, Playwright

Arthur Miller

"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must"

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, Politician

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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