The Making of the Wise Heart

It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.

– Sara Teasdale

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Wisdom of Exploration

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

– Ansel Adams

Exploring the Blue Ridge Parkway
Exploring the Blue Ridge Parkway

The Footsteps of the Wise

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.

– Matsuo Bashō

Who's footsteps will you follow?
Who’s footsteps will you follow?

 

Wisdom Unshaken

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

– Gautama Buddha

Rocks, shaped, but not moved, by the wind
Rocks, shaped, but not moved, by the wind

The Wisdom of Mistakes

Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom.

– William Jordan

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Just a weed on the side of the road?

A Wisdom that Cries

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

– Kahil Gibran

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Wisdom in the Common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The miraculous in a nasturtium

More Wisdom from Tagore

The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

– Rabindranath Tagore

The dark mysterious sea
The dark mysterious sea

Wisdom of Tagore

The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure.
– Rabindranath Tagore

Water as clear and reflective as glass
Water as clear and reflective as glass

 

The Courage of Wisdom

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries;the man of courage is never afraid.

– Confucius

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Be of one mind