To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness. Thomas Traherne on wisdom
Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left. Arianna Huffington on wisdom
Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth. Keith Miller on wisdom
I'm not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on. Maria Bartiromo on wisdom
Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel. Jane Porter on wisdom
I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out. Josh Brolin on wisdom
To keep your secret is wisdom to expect others to keep it is folly. William Samuel Johnson on wisdom
But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola on wisdom
But I do think it's important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books. China Mieville on wisdom
Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. Mo Udall on wisdom
Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition. Riccardo Muti on wisdom
In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone. Gertrude Jekyll on wisdom
This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free. Richard V. Allen on wisdom
Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned. Thomas Reid on wisdom
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. Bernard De Voto on wisdom
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise. Quintus Ennius on wisdom
Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured. Michael D. Higgins on wisdom
Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists. James Newman on wisdom
Beauty, the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God and Angel of his Presence thru' all creation. Robert Bridges on wisdom
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. Lactantius on wisdom