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The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His L

The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in Gods Eyes. – Mary Astell

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We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Informd what is the true Way to Happiness. – Mary Astell

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Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. – Mary Astell

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Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. – Mary Astell

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It is unwise to be too sure of ones own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left. – Arianna Huffington

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Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom. – Julia Ward Howe

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Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. – Diogenes

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To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. – Samuel Butler

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