wisdom Quotes

I take after my dad in the calm and measured way he approaches situations.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.