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  • According to Diotima, Love is not a god at all, but is rather a spirit that mediates between people and the objects of their desire. Love is neither wise nor beautiful, but is rather the desire for wisdom and beauty.
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    Tags : Plato Quotes , Beautiful Quotes , Wise Quotes
  • I am old, yet I look at wise men and see that I am very young. I look over those stars yonder, and into the myriads of the aspirant and ordered souls, and see I am a stranger and a youth and have yet my spurs to win. Too ridiculous are these airs of age.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Wise Quotes , Stars Quotes
  • It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means pursuing our own interests in a narrow, shortsighted way. Being wise selfish means taking a broader view and recognizing that our own long-term individual interest lies in the welfare of everyone. Being wise selfish means being compassionate.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Wise Quotes , Selfish Quotes
  • Is it not manifest that our academic institutions should have a wider scope; that they should not be timid and keep the ruts of the last generation, but that wise men thinking for themselves and heartily seeking the good of mankind, and counting the cost of innovation, should dare to arouse the young to a just and heroic life; that the moral nature should be addressed in the school-room, and children should be treated as the high-born candidates of truth and virtue?
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Education Quotes , Wise Quotes
  • The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Wise Quotes , Block Quotes
  • Reason is not like the goods sold in the market places--the more plentiful they are, the less they are worth. Reason's worth waxes with her abundance. But were she sold in the market, it is only the wise man who would understand her true value.
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    Tags : Khalil Gibran Quotes , Wise Quotes , Men Quotes