Wisdom Work Quotes

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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things..
Henry David Thoreau (Civil Disobedience and Other Essays)
As the Chinese proverb goes, 'Real gold does not fear the test of fire.
Chin-Ning Chu (The Art of War for Women: Sun Tzu's Ancient Strategies and Wisdom for Winning at Work)
Sometimes we stand in our brightness, sometimes we sit in our darkness, but at all times we must balance both sides of ourselves.
Megan Mary (The Dream Haunters (Witches of Maple Hollow #1))