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One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.

— Sam Harris

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

— Buddha

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment.

— bell hooks

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

— Sophocles

Mindfulness is so powerful that the fact that it comes out of Buddhism is irrelevant.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.

— Alfred North Whitehead

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

— Ron Reagan

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

— Uma Thurman

When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.

— Richard Gere

✗Opposing Perspectives

If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind.

— Umberto Eco