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The wise man
can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe.
But the stupid man will just lay down on some seaweed and
roll around in it until he's completely draped in it. Then
he'll stand up and go hey, I'm Vine Man.
-- Jack Handey
Knowledge can
be communicated, but wisdom cannot. A man can find it, he
can live it, he can be filled and sustained by it, but he
cannot utter or teach it.
-- Hermann Hesse
1877-1962, German-born Swiss
Novelist, Poet
I have known
it for a long time but I have only just experienced it. Now
I know it not only with my intellect, but with my eyes, with
my heart, with my stomach.
-- Hermann Hesse
1877-1962, German-born Swiss
Novelist, Poet
There often
seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their
equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the
playfulness flows from the equanimity; and they can persuade
other people who are in a state of agitation to calm down
and manage a smile.
-- Edward Hoagland
1932-, American Novelist,
Essayist
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Such is the
nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many
others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned;
yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as
themselves.
-- Thomas Hobbes
1588-1679, British
Philosopher
The wisdom of
others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood.
We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into our
consciousness only when it sinks its teeth and nails into
us.
-- Eric Hoffer
1902-1983, American Author,
Philosopher
It is the
province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of
wisdom to listen.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes
1809-1894, American Author,
Wit, Poet
Wisdom oft
times consists of knowing what to do next.
-- Herbert Clark Hoover
1874-1964, American - 31st
American President
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