Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.

Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

The wise man accepts his pain, endures it, but does not add to it.

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

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 man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.