To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom. – Jose Bergamin
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest. – Pindar
To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence. – Adam Clarke
We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation. – William O. Douglas
Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly. – Peter Guber
It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein. – Adam Schiff
Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun. – Franz Grillparzer
Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake. – Nick Clooney
Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom. – Julia Ward Howe
For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom. – John Webster
This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom. – Paul Ricoeur
Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature. – Paul Ricoeur
It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom. – Maurice Maeterlinck
Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. – Gerald Brenan
Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order. – Johan Huizinga
The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions. – John A. Simone, Sr.
Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me, they are mental constructs in my own brain. – Ray Kurzweil
When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom. – Shakti Gawain
If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty. – Nan Hayworth
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. – Felix Frankfurter
