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| He is wise that is wise to himself. | | Euripides | |
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| Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and noble temper. | | Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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| I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. | | Socrates | |
| I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. | | Abraham Lincoln | |
| I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day. | | Abraham Lincoln | |
| I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be. | | Thomas Jefferson | |
| I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love. | | Mahatma Gandhi | |
| I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. | | Anatole France | |
| I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience. [Laughter and applause] If I still have time, I might add that it was Seneca or it was Cicero, I don't know which, that said, "If it was not for the elders correcting the mistakes of the young, there would be no state.'' | | Ronald Reagan | |
| If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering (James 1:5-6). | | Bible | |
| If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. | | Omar Bradley | |
| If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift | | Seneca | |
| If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today | | Olin Miller | |
| Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way. | | Seneca | |
| In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer. | | Oscar Wilde | |
| In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. | | Mark Twain | |
| In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice | | Winston Churchill | |
| Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? (Job 12:12) | | Bible | |
