Wisdom Quotes

"Emotion clouds judgment. A judge must be cold."

"The law is the only thing between civilization and anarchy."

"I've seen too much to believe in coincidence."

"Anderson says I'm a dinosaur. I say I'm experienced."

"I've walked the line between law and madness. The line exists."

"The law is the spine of civilization."

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe."

"I think you are beginning to understand what is at stake."

"The moment defines the man, not the reverse."

"To understand another is to become part of them."

"All I know is what I know. And what I know is that I'm tired."

"The line between hunter and hunted is thinner than you think."

"Doubt. That's what separates the human from the machine."

"I take the scotch neat. Like my answers. Simple and direct."

"To understand others, you must first understand yourself."

"Wisdom comes from accepting what we cannot change."

"Sentimentality is a luxury judges cannot afford."

"Wisdom is knowing when to bend the rules. I never do."

"I've learned that mercy and justice cannot coexist."

"The law is perfect. Its executors are not. But I'm close."

"You learn more about yourself in crisis than in comfortable times."

"Wisdom is knowing when to fight and when to surrender."

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe."

"Perhaps I can feel something they cannot."

"A conscience is the price of consciousness."

"You can't outrun your own nature."

"I've learned that surviving is not the same as living."

"I've learned that pain is proof of existence."

"To question is to live. To obey is to die."

"I've learned to live with the weight of my own existence."