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“Much has been said of the loneliness of wisdom, and how much the Truth seeker becomes a pilgrim wandering from star to star. To the ignorant, the wise man is lonely because he abides in distant heights of the mind. But the wise man himself does not feel lonely. Wisdom brings him nearer to life; closer to the heart of the world than the foolish man can ever be. Bookishness may lead to loneliness, and scholarship may end in a battle of beliefs, but the wise man gazing off into space sees not an emptiness, but a space full of life, truth, and law.”

“Prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. And if an infinitely wise Being listens to the requests of finite and foolish creatures, of course He will sometimes grant and sometimes refuse them.”

Ifs May Sometimes Courses Prayer Wise Creatures Essence Refuse Foolish Granted Grants Finite Compulsion Request

Book:Joyful Christian

Source: Joyful Christian

“Fortune may crowd a man's life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them.”

Knows Men May Use Opportunity Wise Circumstances Fortune Crowds Fortunate Vigorous Self Made Self Made Man

Author:Frederick Douglass

“I am convinced that wise planning is good. But plans, like material possessions, must always be held loosely. Yes - always! Plan wisely, but be ready for God to rearrange things and take you along paths that may feel dangerous to you. Don't sweat it; He knows what He's doing. And He isn't obligated to inform you ... or request permission to upset your neat little agenda!”

Knows Feels May Littles Path Wise Plans Dangerous Ready Materials Possession Convinced Planning Upset Agendas Sweat Permission Request Neat Material Possessions

Author:Charles R. Swindoll

“Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.”

May Matter Past History Wise Happened Events Sarcasm Sarcastic Divided

Book:Assessments and Anticipations

Source: Assessments and Anticipations

“Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience.”

May Wise Being Wise

Book:The Essays of Michael de Montaigne

Source: The Essays of Michael de Montaigne

“I shall take my present leave - but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in humble supplication [prayer] that since he has been pleased to favour the American people, with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquility, and dispositions for deciding with unparellelled unanimity on a form of Government, for the security of their Union, and the advancement of their happiness; so his divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend.”

Humans May Government Parent Prayer Race Wise Divine Depends Blessing Humble Human Race Benign Supplication

Author:George Washington

“I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.”

People Way May Long Has Beens Done Facts America Black Race Taken Wise Dog Higher Long Time Red Stronger Agree Finals Instance Grades Australia Black People Worldly

Author:Winston Churchill

“Down is an incredibly important band to me. And there's one other project that may be a little tough for people to understand - it's not sonically heavy, but subject-wise it's absolutely heavy. It's a band that I've been in for many, many yearsm and I've just been waiting for the right itme, and boy, it sure is the right time. So, yeah, you will hear music from Philip Anselmo again, and it ain't gonna be nothing nice.”

People May Littles Important Waiting Boys Wise Nice Subjects Band Projects Tough Yeah Heavy Right Time Philip

Author:Phil Anselmo

“Is it possible Hanukkah doesn't inspire folksy songs? Plot lines may be a part. The Christmas story has a lot of material to work with. There's Jesus and his birth, the wise men, their gifts and tons of frankincense.”

Men May Stories Song Jesus Lines Wise Inspire Materials Birth Plot Hanukkah Plot Lines Frankincense

Author:Matisyahu

“May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure.”

Men May Self Wealth Rich Wise Bears Endure

Author:Socrates

“We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.”

People Kind May Enough Talking Wise Engineering Being Wise

Author:Leon Kass

“I have always taken the view that sometimes war may be justified, as police action can be justified, to protect the weak and vulnerable (a major preoccupation in scripture). But this is an old and difficult question and very wise people take different views.”

“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.”