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Wisdom

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51 Quote(s) Found

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Doing the right thing almost always takes courage, just as discipline is impossible without the wisdom to know what is worth choosing.

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…you will discover as you gain wisdom over the years, most of the things you do will rarely be just about you.

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…wisdom comes from several factors: one being experience, and one being knowledge. It’s something you can’t teach someone else – you have to achieve it on your own.

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Sometimes we have to be patient and sometimes we have to get moving. Wisdom is knowing which time is what and when to do what.

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Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.

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…conventional wisdom has nothing to do with the truth and the efficient market hypothesis [is] deceptive.

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Working together, journalists and experts are the architects of much conventional wisdom.

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An expert must be bold if he hopes to alchemize his homespun theory into conventional wisdom.

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The way we live is eroding our capacity for deep, sustained, perceptive attention – the building blocks of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural progress.

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To build memory is to construct a treasure trove of experience, wisdom, and pertinent information.

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