There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

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In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealt

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts the better will be his world and the world at large.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

I want you to be everything that's you deep at the center of your being.

I want you to be everything that's you deep at the center of your being.

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    Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves.

    The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven if you still know everything you're still seventeen.

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    True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.”

    True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.”

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