wisdom Quotes

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

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.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.