wisdom quotes

• Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. (John Updike) [wisdom]
• Misfortunes leave wounds which bleed drop by drop even in sleep; thus little by little they train man by force and dispose him to wisdom in spite of himself. Man must learn to think of himself as a limited and dependent being; and only suffering teaches (Simone Weil) [wounds/wisdom/think/being]
• In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you. (Janet Jackson) [darkness/knowledge/wisdom/eyes]
• Hollywood... damn well won't hire a writer over 40 unless he made his mark when he was under 30. America worships youth. It is reflected everywhere. And because wisdom can ONLY come with age, America is a very immature, unwise country. As reflected in its films. (Dirk Benedict) [america/youth/wisdom/age]
• It's going to take a massive amount of wisdom to keep this country stable through all of this. (Diane Sawyer) [take/amount/wisdom]
• Older people have wisdom. If I wake up in the morning and have a new pain, I'm delighted I can feel it. Some of my friends have given up and have settled. That's the worst thing you can do unless you want to die. (Doris Roberts) [people/wisdom/morning/pain]
• “[Further evidence of the movie's skewering of accepted wisdom can be found in the character of Kelly, the bitter, alcoholic spouse played by Harrelson. Rather than making him a simple villain, the film takes a more realistic, nuanced approach.] It was a complicated relationship, ... He was an alcoholic. This was a time when no one understood it was a disease, and it was just a problem you were supposed to deal with in your own family. I think Woody brought a tremendous amount of empathy and humanity to a really difficult part.” (Julianne Moore) [wisdom/character/film/more]
• Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold… (Bob Marley) [wisdom]
• I believe that the senior citizens of today have been overlooked as sources of strength, stability and vitality in our communities. And by too often discounting the value of seniors and the wisdom they offer, programs have been developed to assist seniors that do not truly address their very real needs and desires. (Joe Manchin) [stability/value/wisdom/needs]
• Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. (Ambrose Bierce) [experience/wisdom]
• “It's a good reminder of the fact that highly rational people can be engaged in a highly irrational purpose, ... I'm reminded what Einstein said: Our wisdom has not caught up with our technology.” (Barack Obama) [people/wisdom]
• Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature. art and religion. (Ruth St. Denis) [life/wisdom/nature/art]

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