Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
John Henry Newman
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in... →
Thandie Newton
It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political... →
John George Nicolay
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Reinhold Niebuhr
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... →
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?