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Quotes about Wisdom

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Fear of Not Changing

A man who hadn’t seen Mr K in a long time greeted him with the words “You haven’t changed at all.” “Oh,” said Mr K and turned pale.

This is an old German proverb translated by my friend Kai Kaemmerer

Bertolt Brecht

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Aim High

In the long run men hit only what they aim at.  Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.

Henry David Thoreau

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Fairy Tale Dragons

Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

G.K. Chesterton

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Head in the Heavens

The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits.

G.K. Chesterton

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Journalism

Journalism largely consists of saying ‘Lord Jones is Dead’ to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.

G.K. Chesterton