“ If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us. But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives us is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves… Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“ In art, and maybe just in general, the idea is to be able to be really comfortable with contradictory ideas. In other words, wisdom might be, seem to be, two contradictory ideas both expressed at thei… George Saunders
“ Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life. Brian Tracy
“ I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words. John Milton
“ If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :) Dorothy Parker
“ To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual. Gautama Buddha
“ As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received… Edward Levi
“ The wisdom of God's Word is quite clear on believers being unequally yoked. And marrying someone who is not a Christian - who is not a daily disciple of Christ - is being unequally yoked, regardless o… Pat Robertson
“ I don't think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your own life. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit. Charles Stanley
“ If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent if you believe the military, nothing is safe. Lord Salisbury
“ Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. Josh Billings
