A Quote by Norman Cousins

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

Norman Cousins

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Norman Cousins
American - Author
June 24, 1915 - November 30, 1990

Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.

Mahatma Gandhi

Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

John Calvin

The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.

Henry Hazlitt

We all spend so much time worrying about the future that the present moment slips right out of our hands. And so all we have left is retrospection and anticipation, retrospection and anticipation. In which case what's left to recall but past anticipation? What's left to anticipate but future retrospection?

David Leavitt

When you get these franchises with some built in profiles and anticipation... I think the anticipation and the buildup can can exceed the delivery.

Kevin Reilly

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory.

Talcott Parsons

All the wisdom of the world consists of shouting with the majority.

Thomas Reed

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

Lin Yutang

Wisdom often consists of knowing what to do next.

Herbert Hoover

Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.

Heraclitus

The end of knowledge is wisdom The end of culture is perfection The end of wisdom is freedom The end of education is character. And character consists of eagerness to renounce one's selfish greed.