Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.
Every silver lining has a cloud.
If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.
Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
I was pretty sure I lacked the wisdom to be the commencement speaker, but after stewing over the idea for about 48 hours, I decided that if the senior class at the University of Wisconsin wants me to come speak, I'll do whatever they ask me. I love that school.
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.
Wisdom is a sacred communion.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
