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wisdom understanding intuition
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition. Baruch Spinoza
wisdom blessed power
Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred. Arthur Koestler
wisdom power men
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand
wisdom giving forever
Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it. C. S. Lewis
wisdom grief yawning
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing. C. S. Lewis
wisdom science discovery
Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need. Charles Kettering
wisdom forever waiting
Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot. Baltasar Gracian
wisdom answers knows
I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it. Boethius
wisdom distance home
The distance between glorified spirits in heaven and militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We are not far from home-a moment will bring us there. Charles Spurgeon
knowledge neurosis use
The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis. Arthur Adamov
knowledge technology practice
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. Anton Chekhov
knowledge delay height
You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn. Desiderius Erasmus
knowledge reflection half
In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take. Alexander Pope
knowledge library way
A scholar is just a library's way of making another library. Daniel Dennett
knowledge learning roots
Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way. Confucius
knowledgeable-person ignorant may
The most knowledgeable person in one domain may be the most ignorant in another. Albert Camus
knowledge-and-power information-knowledge people
Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people. Tom Clancy
knowledge penetration knows
Nothing is really small; whoever is open to the deep penetration of nature knows this. Victor Hugo
mental motivation ready
The motivation wasn't there. I don't know if it was the layoff, but they just weren't ready to play. The mental mistakes, the turnovers, everything just showed they weren't prepared. Leroy Foster
mentally
That's just the way he pitches. I think it has more to do with him mentally concentrating really well. He hasn't let anything get away from him. Tony Russa
mention mere smile smiles
You smile with just the mere mention of his name. John Sullivan
men important matter
They say a man doesn't know himself until he faces death for the first time. . . I don't know about that. It seems to me that the person you are when you're about to die isn't as important as the person you are during the rest of your life. Why should a few moments matter more than an entire lifetime? Brandon Sanderson
men iron envy
As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man. Antisthenes
men able sometimes
A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life. Ben Okri
men life-is hanging-out
Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only. Barbara Jordan
men law finals
Since love of God is the highest felicity and happiness of man, his final end and the aim of all his actions, it follows that he alone observes the divine law who is concerned to love God not from fear of punishment nor love of something else, such as pleasure, fame, ect., but from the single fact that he knows God, or that he knows that the knowledge and love of God is the highest good Baruch Spinoza
men religion useless
Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune's greedily coveted favours, they are consequently for the most part, very prone to credulity. Baruch Spinoza