Wisdom Quotes

"We will either learn to live together or die together."

"The arc of history bends, but it does not bend on its own toward justice."

"Let us be practical in our methods and idealistic in our goals."

"The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but no morals."

"The conscience is the voice within that calls us to something higher."

"We are called not to comfort but to conscience."

"We are made fully human by our commitment to the humanity of others."

"The poorest among us have much to teach us about dignity and strength."

"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"Wisdom comes from experience, but only if we are humble enough to learn from it."

"I was taught to believe that if I worked hard, if I was just and fair and good, everything would be fine."

"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."

"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."

"A tired mind creates pessimistic thoughts; a rested mind creates optimistic ones."

"Wisdom comes not from the number of years one has lived, but from the depth of understanding."

"The richest nation is one where all people are valued and protected."

"We build the future with the decisions we make today."

"We cannot build a better world without confronting the inequalities in this one."

"The cost of inaction is borne by those who suffer injustice."

"We must learn to listen to those whose voices have been silenced."

"We must learn to see the sacred in the faces of those who suffer."

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."

"If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks."