Quotes about "Global & Cultural Wisdom"

How do you rate works of genius? Partly by personal inclination, partly by accepted wisdom, partly by popularity. ”

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. ”

If the Chinese economy can be opened so that currencies are convertible, Chinese tourists can take money and go see the world. Chinese businessmen can go and buy property in the U.S. and France and every place. All of a sudden, it's just going to be a blossoming global economy. I think it's going to be good for everybody. ”

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters. ”

The cultural contrast I saw between religions... Catholics have a lot of mediators, going through saints and Mary or whatever. Protestants in general say things to God directly. ”

The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness. ”

I arrived from Harvard, where I had studied philosophy and the history of ideas, with a bias toward literature and formal thought. ”

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God. ”

The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems. ”

I would call myself a Gnostic. Which means, I'm interested in pursuing and understanding the spiritual nature of things. A Gnostic is somebody seeking knowledge of that aspect of reality. ”