Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
Doubt is the beginning of wisdom
While people are often content to criticize and blame others for what goes wrong, surely we should at least attempt to put forward constructive ideas. One thing is for certain: given human beings' love of truth, justice, peace, and freedom, creating a better, more compassionate world is a genuine possibility. The potential is there.
JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide.
I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.
Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private. . . In well-ordered states, although every man has his own property, some things he will place at the disposal of his friends, while of others he shares the use of them.
If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.
Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.
God has many ways that He might use to achieve His ends, but His wisdom determined the best way to accomplish them.
It is a kind of pride to insist that none of our prayers should ever be petitions for our own needs: for this is only another subtle way of trying to put ourselves on the same plane as God – acting as if we had no needs, as if we were not creatures, not dependent on Him and dependent, by His will, on material things, too.
If one extends knowledge to the utmost, one will have wisdom. Having wisdom, one can then make choices.
It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.
We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.
President Obama trusts in the wisdom of government. I put my trust in the ingenuity and creativity and commitment to hard work of the American people.
