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On wisdom gained through age and patience.

One quote here frames aging itself as a kind of accumulation - experience and wisdom worn like notches, alongside real comfort in one's own skin. Related reading: Experience.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

God
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Nov 07, 2020

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

Quotes by King Solomon

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

I look at being older and gaining wisdom. I've learned to stay fit and healthy. I accept my body, my life, and my circumstances.

Quotes by Kim Alexis

Knowledge
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Nov 07, 2020

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Khalil Gibran

Knowledge
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Nov 07, 2020

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

Khalil Gibran

Road
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Nov 07, 2020

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

Khalil Gibran

Nov 07, 2020

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

Khalil Gibran

Nov 07, 2020

If elected Speaker, I promise you that we will have the courage to lead the fight for our conservative principles and make our case to the American people. But we will also have the wisdom to listen to our constituents and each other so that we always move forward together.

Quotes by Kevin McCarthy

Suffer
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Nov 07, 2020

Those who suffer profoundly are granted profound wisdom.

Quotes by Kerry Kennedy

Nov 07, 2020

Received wisdom is that if you spend time up front getting the design right, you avoid costs later. But the longer you spend getting the design right, the more your upfront costs are, and the longer it takes for the software to start earning.

Quotes by Kent Beck

Lose
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Nov 07, 2020

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

Quotes by Kenny Rogers

Ever-Changing
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Nov 07, 2020

What evolution tells us is that we are part of a grand, dynamic, and ever-changing fabric of life that covers our planet. Even to a person of faith, in fact especially to a person of faith, an understanding of the evolutionary process should only deepen their appreciation of the scope and wisdom of the creator's work.

Quotes by Kenneth R. Miller

Earth
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Nov 07, 2020

In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind.

Quotes by Kenichi Fukui

Pain
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Nov 07, 2020

Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.

Quotes by Keith Miller

Nov 07, 2020

There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a middle-aged person. The further you get from childhood and the experience of the teenage years, the greater the danger of losing that wellspring.

Quotes by Kazuo Ishiguro

Knowledge
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Nov 07, 2020

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

Quotes by Kay Redfield Jamison

Doing
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Nov 07, 2020

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

Quotes by Katharine Graham

Nov 07, 2020

Ageing might have its drawbacks but it brings with it hard-won wisdom and a wonderful sense of freedom.

Quotes by Kate Garraway

Experience
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Nov 07, 2020

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Quotes by Karl Kraus

Cry
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Nov 07, 2020

The censors have always had a field day with James Joyce, specifically with 'Ulysses,' but also with his other writings. The conventional wisdom is that this is because of sexually explicit passages (and there certainly are those). I have always thought that what the critics hated and feared about Joyce is his cry for human freedom.

Quotes by Karen DeCrow

Hope
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Nov 07, 2020

My abiding faith in the wisdom of our electorate is what gives me hope.

Quotes by Kapil Sibal

Another draws a sharp line between generous wisdom and small-minded contentiousness, while a third treats patience in difficult politics as its own form of wisdom. See also Status and Belief.

Wisdom Quotes

On wisdom gained through age and patience.

Another draws a sharp line between generous wisdom and small-minded contentiousness, while a third treats patience in difficult politics as its own form of wisdom. See also Status and Belief.

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