Wisdom
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Aristotle (384–322
BC), a Greek philosopher, numbers among the greatest philosophers of
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Learning, Knowledge, Wisdom
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Learning is an
ornament in prosperity, a refuge in
adversity, and a provision in old age. |
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Educating the
mind without educating the heart is no
education at all. |
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The aim of
art is to represent not the outward
appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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Holistic
Thinking |
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The
high-minded man must care more for the
truth than for what
people think. |
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Learning is not child's
play; we cannot learn without pain.
It is during our darkest
moments that we must focus to see the light.
The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
For the things we have to learn before we can do them,
we learn by doing them.
To write well, express yourself like the common people,
but think like a wise man.
Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the
living differ from the dead.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored
than they who produce them; for these only gave them
life, those the art of living well.
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The secret to humor is surprise.
No great mind has ever existed without a touch of
madness.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to
entertain a thought without accepting it.
Hope is a waking dream.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
All human actions have one or more of these seven
causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason,
passion, and desire.
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild
beast or a god.
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result
of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent
execution; it represents the wise choice of many
alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your
destiny.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him
who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is
over self.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to
organize the peace.
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a
slow ripening fruit.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good
leader.
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right,
and not what is established.
Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry
with the right person and to the right degree and at the
right time and for the right purpose, and in the right
way — that is not within everybody's power and is not
easy.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a
good citizen.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in
the consciousness that we deserve them.
We make war that we may live in peace.
To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the
crowd
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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