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"What we see depends mainly on what we look for"
John Lubbock, Statesman
"We have first raised a dust, and then complain we cannot see"
George Berkeley, Philosopher
"Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom"
Clifford Stoll, Author
"The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
"Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself"
Plato, Philosopher
"As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers"
William Blake, Poet
"No man was ever wise by chance"
Seneca the Younger, Statesman
"Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all"
Jose Rizal, Writer
"The value of an idea lies in the using of it"
Thomas Edison, Inventor
"The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together"
Saadi, Poet
"Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance"
Saadi, Poet
"Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be"
Robert Browning Hamilton, Writer
"Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one"
Bridget Riley, Artist
"Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
"There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see"
Leonardo da Vinci, Artist
"All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine"
Socrates, Philosopher
"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet"
Franz Kafka, Novelist
"Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire"
Bernard Williams, Philosopher
"If it can be solved, there's no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use"
Dalai Lama, Leader
"Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul"
William Hazlitt, Critic
"Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, he travels the fastest who travels alone"
Rudyard Kipling, Writer
"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot"
Charlie Chaplin, Actor
"Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time"
Jules Renard, Dramatist
"A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor"
Alexander Smith, Poet
"There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen"
Christopher Morley, Author
"Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream"
Malcolm Muggeridge, Journalist
"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous"
Zhuang Zi, Philosopher
"The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children"
Jim Henson, Entertainer
"Better a bad excuse, than none at all"
William Camden, Historian
"Common sense is not so common"
Voltaire, Writer
"The fool who persists in his folly will become wise"
William Blake, Poet
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed"
Carl Jung, Psychologist
"Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
"One sword keeps another in the sheath"
George Herbert, Poet
"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination"
Nelson Mandela, Statesman
"The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher
"Wisdom begins in wonder"
Socrates, Philosopher
"Beware of the person of one book"
Thomas Aquinas, Theologian
"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe"
Marilyn vos Savant, Author
"Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder"
Paul Valery, Poet
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