Wisdom
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“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” — Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527), “The Prince” Continue reading
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“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” ~ Claude Levi-Strauss Continue reading
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“I don’t know, I don’t care, and it doesn’t make any difference.” ~ Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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my philosophy: live enjoy and relax one day at a time it works for me Continue reading
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“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau Continue reading
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“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust Continue reading
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“The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimize that action.” – Zadie Smith Continue reading
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“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories. – Zadie Smith Continue reading
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“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” -Ludwig van Beethoven Continue reading
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my philosophy live one day at a time put one foot in front of the other think before you talk listen with an open mind though with some people it is hard to do Continue reading
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a day older & a bit more wiser* *its not my birthday Continue reading
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Invincible Love
“My dear, In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that… In the midst of winter, Continue reading
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I Second The Motion
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yup
72 years.. 5 months 5 days i’ve been circling the sun and it never gets old…and i don’t feel old…as age is only a number… so with that said…i plan on sticking around for quite some time Continue reading
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A Higher Revelation
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soils in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents. Ludwig van Beethoven Continue reading
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The Wise Man
“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” ~ Claude Levi-Strauss Continue reading
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“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” ~ Jack Kerouac*
*Born: March 12, 1922 – Died: October 21, 1969 Continue reading
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Six Word Sunday
Good conversation. Great times. Happy people. Continue reading
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Understanding Ourselves
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Good Books
“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” ~ Rene Descartes Continue reading
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Watch Your Thoughts
“Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.” ~ Laozi Continue reading
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To Be A Philosopher
“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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The Wise Man
“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” ~ Claude Levi-Strauss Continue reading
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For What Its Worth
Love things in common. Hopefully, we can live in harmony. Continue reading
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Wisdom Is Everywhere
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. ~ Josh Billings Continue reading
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Wisdom And Learning
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. ~ Sandra Carey Continue reading
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The Truth Is Simple
People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: ‘Don’t decide what you have to decide.’ That’s not evasion, it’s wisdom. Mario Cuomo Continue reading
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Big Enough
“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” ~ John C. Maxwell Continue reading
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Conquering Fear
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” ~Bertrand Russell Unpopular Essays (1950) “Outline of Intellectual Rubbish” Continue reading
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.5, Dial Press Continue reading
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: Wisdom
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Black Cat ~ Groucho Marx
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. ~ Groucho Marx Continue reading
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True Wisdom
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. -Socrates Continue reading
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Walter Lippmann ~ Wisdom Quote
“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.” ~ Walter Lippmann Continue reading
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Real Wisdom ~ Leo Tolstoy
“Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.” ~ Leo Tolstoy Continue reading
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Know Nothing
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom. ~Leo Tolstoy Continue reading
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Voltaire Quote
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. ~Voltaire Continue reading
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Conversation
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Continue reading
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Henry David Thoreau
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. -Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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People Will Forget….
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Jack Kerouac On Writing
Born: March 12, 1922 – Died: October 21, 1969 AZQuotes.com Continue reading
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Learning
When one teaches, two learn. -Robert Heinlein Continue reading
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Buddha Quote
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Books…
Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything else. -Plato Continue reading
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Charles M. Schulz Quote
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On Reading ~ Haruki Murakami
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Stephen Chbosky
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Albert Einstein Quote
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Socrates
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. Socrates Continue reading
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Voltaire
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. Voltaire Continue reading
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Plato On Books
Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything. Plato Continue reading
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Three Things
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth. Buddha Continue reading
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Margaret Mead On Thinking
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Dalai Lama
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Jack Kerouac
I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of thinking and enjoying what they call living, I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds. Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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Aristotle On Madness
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Break the monotony. Do something strange and extravagant! Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Thinking
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Man
Man: a being in search of meaning. Plato Continue reading
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Walt Whitman Quote
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Edna Ferber Quote
Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. Edna Ferber Continue reading
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Thinking
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. Plato Continue reading
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Marcel Proust Quote
Born: July 10, 1871 – Died: November 18, 1922 Continue reading
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Jack Kerouac Quote
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Frida Kahlo Quote
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Robert Frost Quote
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Jane Austen On Reading
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A Quote On Matter
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Mark Twain Quote
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William Blake Quote
Songs of Experience (1794) Continue reading
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Uitwaaien (Dutch)
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