Quotes on Wisdom

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Where ever you are, be there totally.

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely.

No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.

A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.

Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.

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.

Never, no never, did Nature say one thing, and wisdom another.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.

preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people.

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

The technology at the leading edge changes so rapidly that you have to keep current after you get out of school. I think probably the most important thing is having good fundamentals.

Even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15% of one's financial success is due one's technical knowledge and about 85% is due to skill in human engineering, to personality and the ability to lead people.

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.