wisdom Quotes

When you meet with someone and you try to assess whether they're telling you the truth or not, there's several things you can do. You judge demeanor and credibility. You look at corroboration.

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

If you believe that tax policy has nothing to do with the economy, then you're pretty much like a rock, only dumber.

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

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 do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

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.

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

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.