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. 611
Start with God – the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. 685
War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. 656
Experience – the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. 701
And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace. 763
Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience. 2.22K
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. 910
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. 2.57K
Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. 648
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. 2.57K
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment. 732
Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother. 1.06K
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. 696
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. 654
