The Best Kind of Cleverness

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

– Rumi

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Reach for Hearts

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

– Maya Angelou

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Wisdom Listens

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

– Jimi Hendrix

Does it look to you like she's listening?
Does it look to you like she’s listening?

Extraordinary Wisdom

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. 

– Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Wisteria - simply extraordinary
Wisteria – simply extraordinary

 

Wisdom from Oprah

Turn your wounds into wisdom.
– Oprah Winfrey

Who avoids the rose simply because it has thorns?
Who avoids the rose simply because it has thorns?

Seeking Circles of Wisdom

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The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.

– C.S. Lewis

 

The Mark of Wisdom

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

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Is anything as beautiful as the common poppy?
Is anything as beautiful as the common poppy?

 

The Kindness of the Rose

The highest form of wisdom is kindness.

– The Talmud

The kindness of the rose

 

Fearing Death

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
– Buddha

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Nature and Wisdom

What does nature say?
What does nature say?

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

– Juvenal