wisdom Quotes

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence.

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

Science, as everyone knows, is responsible, moderate, unsentimental, and otherwise good.

I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.