Wisdom Quotes

"The test of a person's wisdom is how well they can explain complex matters simply."

"In all matters, seek first to understand before seeking to be understood."

"We are nothing but the sum of our sensations and experiences."

"All virtue stems from the proper understanding of our material nature."

"The mind is the body's servant, not its master."

"Wisdom is knowing the limits of what we can actually know with certainty."

"Man's capacity for reason distinguishes him from all other creatures and grants him dominion over his circumstances."

"The path to wisdom is paved with the humility to admit our ignorance and the courage to pursue understanding."

"The wise person knows that wisdom is a journey without final destination."

"The test of wisdom is whether it improves the lives of others."

"When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?"

"I do not think the very wealthy are to be envied. There is far more interesting things to do with one's life."

"The economic system is a carefully balanced system and cannot be altered without care at every point."

"I do not know which makes a man more conservative—to know nothing but the present or nothing but the past."

"The worst error a statesman can make is to allow the perfect to become the enemy of the good."

"The true is convertible with the made"

"Mankind is the measure of all things human"

"Common sense guides human judgment"

"Wisdom consists in seeing causes"

"Understanding requires humility"

"The certainty of punishment is a better deterrent than the severity of the penalty itself."

"Laws should be few, simple, and clearly expressed to be understood by all citizens."

"To judge wisely, one must be free from passion and prejudice."

"The elimination of capital punishment is a sign of civilizational progress."

"The more enlightened a people, the fewer and simpler the laws they require."

"A judge who acts with integrity is worth more to a nation than harsh laws."

"Laws that cannot be enforced fairly should not be enacted at all."

"When the laws are understood, they are respected; when they are harsh, they are resented."

"We ought to think with the learned, but speak with the vulgar."

"The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense."