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“But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.”
“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.”
“wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good.”
“There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.”
“Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what i...”
“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”
“Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.”
“The small wisdom is like water in a glass:clear, transparent, pure.The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:dark, mysterious, impenetrable.”
“A man without words is a man without thought.”
“Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.”
“Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance as we look at the stars and think of the marvelous str...”
“Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.”
“It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”
“Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.”
“Yet what keeps me from dissolving right now into a complete fairy-tale shimmer is this solid truth, a truth which has veritably built my bones over the last few years--I was not rescued by a prince...”
“When in doubt, choose to live.”
“How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!”
“When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding.”
“But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.”
“Conceit spoils the finest genius.”
