That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. 1.47K
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything. 764
Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it’s filled with wisdom. Sometimes it’s filled with feet. 618
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. 653
Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. 660
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. 750
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. 626
I love being. There’s so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn’t it great just being? 893
In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. 694
What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that’s how I approached the part. 667
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. 845
Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn’t all have to be by tomorrow! 651
