Fortune Cookie Philosophy by Kenneth Leroy Busbee - HTML preview

Chapter 8

 Wisdom

8.1 Knowledge1

•  Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.
• I learn by going where I have to go.
• Education is the movement from darkness to light.
• The road to knowledge begins with the turn of the page.
• Knowing and not doing are equal to not knowing at all.
• Ignorance never settles a question.
• If you talk, you repeat what you already know. If you listen, you learn.

8.2 Truth2

•  Plain and unvarnished are the words of truth.
• You have an ability to sense and know a higher truth.
• The truth is always bearable when told with compassion.
• Truth is what stands the test of experience.
• Love truth, but pardon error.
• Listen not to vain words of empty tongue.
• You have a air for adding a fanciful dimension to any story.

8.3 Perception3

•  Your critical insights can provide the stimulus for change.
• Your dream life is rich listen to your dreams.
• Use moderation in everything you do.
• It is more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.
• There are no faults in a thing we want badly.
• Behind an able man, there are always other able men.
• Carve you name on your heart and not on marble.
• You may fall into a spell of shininess Don't buy it.
• Listen not to vain words of empty tongue.
•  If a true sense of value is to be yours it must come thru service.
• Courage comes through suffering.
• The world is an oyster, and you are its pearl.
• Every excess becomes a vice.
• All things in moderation even moderation.
• If you can't decide up or down try moving from side to side.
• Try a new system or different approach.
• Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday.
• Luck is with you now. Act upon your instincts.
• The face of nature reflects all of life's ups and downs.
• You are contemplative and analytical by nature.
• The smart thing to do is to begin trusting your intuitions.
• You will soon be receiving sound spoken advice. Listen!
• A heavy burden is lifted with a phone message or letter.
• Many receive advice, only the wise profit by it.
• You are never selfish with your advice or your help.
• Example is better than advice.

8.4 Wisdom4

•  The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
• No one ever became wise by accident.
• There is no wisdom greater than kindness.
• Many receive advice, only the wise profit by it.
• If you bite the hand that feeds you, it won't taste as good as the food you were fed.
• A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
• Wise man is slow in choosing friends. Slower in changing.
• Life is like a good book. The further you get into it, the more it makes sense.
• Read a novel and learn more about life.
• The best profit of future is the past.
• Do not mistake temptation for opportunity.
• If a true sense of value is to be yours it must come thru service.
• In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
• A great man never ignores the simplicity of a child.
• Try not to stand on your own side during an argument.
• If you cannot find wisdom within, try the internet.
• Love is a thing that sharpens all our wits.
• Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.
• A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
• Don't ever slam a door; you might want to go back.
• No one knows the story of tomorrow's dawn.
• A star is forever light. Like a star, let your wisdom shine.
• Avert misunderstandings by calm, poise and balance.
• Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.
• Speak only well of people and you need never whisper.
• You will be rewarded for being a good listener.
• Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
• Ask for what you need with a whisper. It works!
• Think of mother's exhortations more.
•  Every wise man started out by asking many questions.
• Burnt bridges are hard to cross.
• Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.
• Turn your thoughts within find yourself.

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