wisdom Quotes

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Sometimes the majority just means all the fools are on the same side.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.