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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and tea...more

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Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.

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But if you were to die ten times for him, you would not alter his destiny in the slightest

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Never again!" commanded his will. "Again! Tomorrow!" begged his heart.

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Was then not all sorrow in time, all self-torment and fear in time? Were not all difficulties and evil in the world conquered as soon as one conquered...more

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When a tree is polled, it will sprout new shoots nearer its roots. A soul that is ruined in the bud will frequently return to the springtime of its be...more

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Muoth was right. On growing old, one becomes more contented than in one's youth, which I will not therefore revile, for in all my dreams I hear my you...more

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It was a strange business and it made a sad and curious impression on me; everything that had belonged to me in these earlier years of my life left me...more

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One of the disadwantages of school and learning, he thought dreamily, was that the mind seemed to have the tendency too see and represent all things a...more

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I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost stren...more

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Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated,...more

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One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error.

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So she thoroughly taught him that one cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure, and that every gesture, every caress, every touch, every glance, e...more

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I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.

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One can pass on knowledge but not wisdom. One can find wisdom, one can live it, one can be supported by it, one can work wonders with it, but one cann...more