The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to read more

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, read more

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart
Must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart
Must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye
therefore wise as serpents, and read more

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye
therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the
masters of assemblies, which are read more

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the
masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.