A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

F. Lee Bailey had been an inspiration to me. It was my desire to have him behind the scenes, to rely on his great wisdom and his brainpower, but I did not feel he should be in the courtroom.

I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box.

The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation.

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don't just want to possess it, it will find you.

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.

All the great evils which men cause to each other because of certain intentions, desires, opinions, or religious principles, are likewise due to non-existence, because they originate in ignorance, which is absence of wisdom.

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Suffering is one of life's great teachers.

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.