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“A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared; an act of charity which he has performed; domestic conflicts; private affairs with his wife; poorly prepared food he may have been offered; or slang he may have heard.”

Men Should Wells May Has Beens Wise Wife Heard Conflict Medicine Prepared Charity Affair Formulas Slang Acts Of Charity Divulge

Author:Chanakya

“It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the disappointments, and conflicts, and afflictions of life may, if rightly used, become the means of improvement, and create in us the sinews of strength.... the dross is left in the crucible, the baser metals are transmuted, and the character is enriched with gold.”

Ifs Kind May Mean Character Used Left Wise Sorrow Conflict Elements Gold Disappointment Improvement Metals Providence Arrangements Affliction Crucible Dross

Author:William Morley Punshon

“Without culture there can be no growth; without exertion, no acquisition; without friction, no polish; without labor, no knowledge; without action, no progress; and without conflict, no victory. The man who lies down a fool at night, hoping that he will waken wise in the morning, will rise up in the morning as he laid down in the evening.”

Men Action Lying Night Culture Growth Morning Wise Progress He Man Fool Victory Conflict Labor Evening Polish Acquisition Exertion Friction

Author:Frederick Douglass

“I accept the global complex and global trade more than do some of my liberal colleagues because I consider this a wise alternative to national tension and conflict.”

Accepting Wise Conflict Trade Complexes Alternatives Tension Colleagues

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”

Book:Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist

Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist

“Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.”

Kind Philosophy Political Literature Can Do Numbers Wise Conflict Jokes Argument Dull Enlightening

Book:Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor: A Lifetime Collection of Favorite Jokes, Anecdotes, and Limericks with Copious Notes on how to Tell Them and why

Source: Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor: A Lifetime Collection of Favorite Jokes, Anecdotes, and Limericks with Copious Notes on how to Tell Them and why

“This conflict between right and fact has endured since the origins of society. To bring the duel to an end, to consolidate the pure ideal with the human reality, to make the right peacefully interpenetrate the fact, and the fact the right, this is the work of the wise.”

Humans Ends Facts Reality Wise Pure Conflict Ideals

Author:Victor Hugo

“Where we are from... [s]tories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start calling him maestro. And secretly, he'd be wise to start practicing the piano. For us, the story is more important than the person. If a man and his story are in conflict, it is the man who must change.”

Ifs Men Persons Important States Stories Wise Calling Conflict Piano Farmers Being Wise Factual Maestro Virtuoso

Author:Adam Johnson

“He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same words: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfill for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through in His fellowship, and, as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience Who He is.”

Men Time Suffering Names Speak Simple Wise Mystery Conflict Tasks Experience Command Our Time Toil Fellowship Being Wise Ineffable

Book:The Quest of the Historical Jesus

Source: The Quest of the Historical Jesus

“In the land of "I know," there is always competitiveness, jealousy, pretence, pride and arrogance. It is an aggressive realm - the realm of the ego. I say refuse citizenship. In the land of "I dont know," the inhabitants move without conflict and are naturally quiet, happy and peaceful. The wise stay here.”

Knows Wisdom Spiritual Moving Wise Land Pride Quiet Conflict Ego Refuse Peaceful Realms Arrogance Aggressive Citizenship Competitiveness Pretence Pride And Arrogance

Author:Mooji