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Quotes about words-of-wisdom

In the vast tapestry of human experience, words of wisdom serve as guiding stars, illuminating the path through life's complexities. This collection of insightful reflections transcends time and culture, offering profound truths that resonate with the core of our being. Words of wisdom encapsulate the essence of human understanding, distilling life's lessons into succinct, powerful statements that inspire, comfort, and provoke thought. They represent a mosaic of themes—love, courage, happiness, resilience, and more—each offering a unique lens through which to view the world. People are drawn to these quotes because they provide clarity in moments of uncertainty, offering a sense of connection to the shared human journey. In a world often filled with noise and distraction, words of wisdom cut through the chaos, offering a moment of reflection and insight. They remind us of the values and principles that endure, encouraging us to live with intention and purpose. Whether seeking solace, motivation, or a new perspective, individuals turn to these timeless expressions to find meaning and direction in their lives.

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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit
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Eventually we will all understand that all wisdom is within us, and as we remember, practice and access this wisdom, we will become our own best teacher.
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I'm very proud that I'm smart enough to get to the point
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It's common to say that trees come from seeds. But how can a tiny seed create a huge tree? Seeds do not contain the resources need to grow a tree. These must come from the medium or environment within which the tree grows. But the seed does provide something that is crucial : a place where the whole of the tree starts to form. As resources such as water and nutrients are drawn in, the seed organizes the process that generates growth. In a sense, the seed is a gateway through which the future possibility of the living tree emerges.
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Just like an ordinary guitar string, a fundamental string can vibrate in different modes. And it is these different modes of vibration of the string that are understood in string theory as being the different elementary particles.
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Any two particles in the universe attract each other through the gravitational interaction.
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But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a prioriargument that the world must be organised to mathematical principles.
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It can no longer be maintained that the properties of any one thing in the universe are independent of the existence or non-existence of everything else. It is, at last, no longer sensible to speak of a universe with only one thing in it.
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Human cultures are all experiments in trying to find a form that will fit the matter of our immediacy; but it is absolutely not the case that all such experiments are of equal merit or value. Some cultures - and modernity is patently one - have managed to transmute consciousness into the "disease" that Nietzsche called it, the self-affliction of a self-centeredness that has purged itself of all vestiges of wisdom and value.
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Wisdom is the aristic craving for extraordinary insights, for incandescent revelations that have the power to burst through banausic and doulic ordinariness: wisdom is the lust to be transfigured, transvaluated.
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