One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.
Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.
Where love and wisdom drink out of the same cup, in this everyday world, it is the exception.
A child's hand in yours -- what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.
Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves.
If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let thy wisdom keep it; if oppression found it, let repentance restore it; if thy parent left it, let thy virtues deserve it; so shall thy honor be safer, better and cheaper.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.