Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them

The Chinese, who know more about wisdom than any other race, designate the wise by a combination of the ideographs for wind and lightning

The teachings of elegant sayings should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, any price will be paid.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom

My advice for posterity? Live by principle - that's all

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself

These days, awareness and three dollars will get you a cappuccino – no more. As vital as awareness is to the process of improving your life, to suddenly be awake and aware means nothing if you simply leave it at that. Awareness only matters if it impacts my actions

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be

The apparent multiplication of gods is bewildering at the first glance, but you soon discover that they are the same GOD. There is always one uttermost God who defies personification. This makes Hinduism the most tolerant religion in the world, because its one transcendent God includes all possible gods. In fact Hinduism is so elastic and so subtle that the most profound Methodist, and crudest idolater, are equally at home with it

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while