Great Wisdom Quotes - Page 2

• The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed.

  Barbara Brown Taylor

  Self, World, Tradition

  Barbara Brown Taylor (2009). “An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith”, p.91, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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• A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this... but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined.We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs. Take them out onto the verandah and beat them with a cricket bat.... Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privilege.

  Tim Minchin

  Thinking, Ideas, Bats

  "Have a heart". "The Science Show", www.abc.net.au. October 12, 2013.

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• When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

  Michael Sheen

  Drama, School, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The Christian religion seems to have fulfilled its great biological purpose, in so far as we are able to judge. It has led human thought to independence, and has lost its significance, therefore, to a yet undetermined extent.... It seems to me that we might still make use in some way of its form of thought, and especially of its great wisdom of life, which for two thousand years has proven to be particularly efficacious.

  Carl Jung

  Christian, Years, Two

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• The great wisdom for writers, perhaps for everybody, is to come to understand to be at one with their own tempo.

  Alan Hollinghurst

  Writing, Tempo

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• New Self, New World is an extraordinary work—an awesome display of wisdom distilled from the world’s great wisdom traditions and the majestic individuals who have experienced them. This book is about achieving the highest dimensions of which humans are capable. Highly recommended.

  Larry Dossey

  Book, Self, World

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• Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

  Zhuangzi

  Wisdom, Speech, Contentious

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• I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom

  Parker Stevenson

  Wisdom, Would Be, Interviews

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