I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose. 722
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be. 750
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. 1.45K
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. 1.91K
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. 1.36K
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. 789
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. 675
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. 731
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. 809
You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens. 2.51K
