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There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

Wisdom

Paradoxes explain everything. Since they do, they cannot be explained.

Paradox

The mind is not a vessel that needs filling but wood that needs igniting.

Education Inspiration

The passion for money is never fickle.

Money

I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

Business

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

Humor

Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them.

Religion

The barberry and currant must escape
Though her small clusters imitate the grape.

Fruit

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death Psychology

Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.

Change

Making sushi is an art, and experience is everything.

Art

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

History

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

Knowledge

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

Friendship

What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.

Loss

I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.

Equality

The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful.

Cheerfulness

The hero is the world-man, in whose heart
One passion stands for all, the most indulged.

Heroes

La vraie science et le vrai étude de l'homme c'est l'homme.

Man

Do not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.

Failure