Age is a terrible
Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time you’ve got all this great wisdom, you don’t get to be young anymore. Elizabeth Wurtzel
Great Wisdom
A prudent question is
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. Francis Bacon
It’s important to resolve
It’s important to resolve to yourself, ‘I will absolutely win!’ Then this firm commitment will serve as the wellspring of great wisdom and courage that surges forth from within. Daisaku Ikeda
Through mutual understanding, sincerity
Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit. Chen Shui-bian
The Christian religion seems
The Christian religion seems to have fulfilled its great biological purpose, in so far as we are able to judge. It has led human thought to independence, and has lost its significance, therefore, to a yet undetermined extent…. It seems to me that we might still make use in some way of its form of … Read more
No great wisdom can
No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice. C. S. Lewis
The great wisdom traditions
The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed. Barbara Brown Taylor
I do find life
I do find life difficult at times … and I behave childishly too, do foolish things, unworthy … I don’t think one can have great imagination and great wisdom. Can one? Alison Uttley
Youll come to see
Youll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. Not least of which is how much more enjoyable it is to win. Its inevitable to lose now and again. The trick is not to make a habit of it. Albert Finney
The great wisdom for
The great wisdom for writers, perhaps for everybody, is to come to understand to be at one with their own tempo. Alan Hollinghurst