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“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

tags: inspirational, values

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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#3

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: albert-einstein, future, war, wisdom

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#4

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

tags: humor, inspirational, philosophy, wisdom

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#5

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Socrates

tags: inspiration, truth, wisdom

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#6

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

tags: wisdom

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#7

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

tags: fear, name-of-the-wind, patrick-rothfuss, wisdom

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#8

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

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#9

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
― Confucious

tags: wisdom

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#10

“Angry people are not always wise.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: anger, jane-austen, wisdom

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#11

“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

tags: philosophy, wisdom

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#12

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
― Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata

tags: beauty, delusion, goodness, lies, self-deception, wisdom

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#13

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
― Rumi

tags: change, cleverness, misattributed, self, wisdom, world

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#14

“Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

tags: wisdom

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#15

“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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#16

“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.”
― Kahlil Gibran

tags: poetry, wisdom

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#17

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
― Colette

tags: enthusiasm, foolishness, silliness, wisdom

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#18

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: adaptation, flexibility, intelligence, open-mindedness, wisdom

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#19

“It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: intelligence, learning, wisdom

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#20

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
― Truman Capote

tags: experience, failure, metaphor, success, wisdom

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#21

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens”
― Jimi Hendrix

tags: wisdom

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#22

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
― Joseph Campbell

tags: change, life, open-heart, open-mind, resilience

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#23

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”
― Thomas Paine, A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal on the Affairs of North America

tags: education, experience, wisdom

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#24

“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

tags: humanity, nothing, wisdom

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#25

“Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

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#26

“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”
― Bruce Lee

tags: expectations, individuality, peer-pressure, wisdom

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#27

“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
― Confucius

tags: wisdom

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#28

“We learn from failure, not from success!”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

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#29

“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?”
― John Keats, Letters of John Keats

tags: art, depression, growth, life, pain, suffering, wisdom

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#30

“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
― Voltaire

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