"Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it."
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"Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it."
"The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed."
"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men."
"Wisdom is found only in truth."
"The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out."
"The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth."
"A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire."
"The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it."
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
"It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom."
"It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst."
"This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven."
"My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom."
"We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We're connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness is at an all-time high. We must course-correct."
"It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience."
"Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust."
"There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived."
"Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced."
"Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience."
"Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness."
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