There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.
It is the apparent plan of nature that as one human being, so also one generation, and also one nationality learn, learn incessantly, from and with the others, until all have comprehended the difficult lesson: No nationality has been solely designated by God as the chosen people of the earth; above all we must seek the truth and cultivate the garden of the common good. Hence no nationality of Europe may separate itself sharply, and foolishly say, "With us alone, with us dwells all wisdom.
Though wisdom is common, yet the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own.
We are not experts on everything. We are not capable of doing everything by ourselves. There are a bunch of other smarter people around the world.
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.
No one knows everything. But together, we know a whole lot.
It's been important to cultures throughout history with the court jester and the witch doctor and the shaman - all preach the same thing.
The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.
When we are calling forth the depth and genius of the other, then we grow.
Everything's been said, but it needs saying again.
It takes the whole church to know the whole truth.
Wikipedia represents a belief in the supremacy of reason and goodness of others.
Whatever is well said by another, is mine.
Not only the individual experience slowly acquired, but the accumulated experience of the race, organized in language, condensed in instruments and axioms, and in what may be called the inherited intuitions--these form the multiple unity which is expressed in the abstract term "experience.
I've learned in most areas of my life, to bounce heated choices off other people. Co-workers, my agent, my wife, a sponsor, etc. A majority of the time, that keeps me on the right side of things.
Every single character in the world, every creature in the world has something to give and something to learn.
Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.
I always make my decisions together with my family, my father. Of course, I hear the advice of everyone who wishes me well, but the final decision is always mine, with my family.
In life, we all learn from everyone.
The intellectual tradition of the West is very individualistic. It's not community-based. The intellectual is often thought of as a person who is alone and cut off from the world. So I have had to practice being willing to leave the space of my study to be in community, to work in community, and to be changed by community.
Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.
Every person I see has a story to tell.
The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, and so are you.
was not, like the fabled Goddess of Wisdom, the offspring of a single brain. It ought to be regarded as the work of many heads and many hands.
The Constitution of the United States
It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it.
