There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness flows from the equanimity; and they can persuade other people who are in a state of agitation to calm down and manage a smile.

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

Not to know certain things is a great part of wisdom.

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop Than when we soar.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

Such are the sages! What must they be, when such as I can stumble on their mistakes or misstatements?

What we re learning in our schools is not the wisdom of life. We're learning technologies, we re getting information.

Life is a festival only to the wise.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, and not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs.