Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn’t do anything to you, but since you aren’t wise, you need us who are old.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life… Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

It is a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

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.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.

I’m considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I’ve never been bored in my life.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

I don’t think I’m bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others‘ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Counsel with your parents is a privilege at any age.

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

We should work with the principle that a work that can be done at a lower level should never be escalated to a higher level.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

It has not yet become obvious to me that there’s no real problem. I cannot define the real problem; therefore, I suspect there’s no real problem, but I’m not sure there’s no real problem.

‚I wish life was not so short,‘ he thought. ‚Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.‘

I always wanted to do things right and represent myself as somebody that took the art serious and someone that took the business serious also, so I had time to weigh the options and figure it out and do my best to create the situation that was ideal.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn’t speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind – like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

You know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, ‚Joey, the guy in Olyphant’s out of work, it’s an economic slowdown. When your brother-in-law’s out of work, it’s a recession. When you’re out of work, it’s a depression.‘

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

Science is nothing but perception.

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves – and the better the teacher, the better the student body.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

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.

If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

It’s a question of whether we’re going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.