Quotes About Wisdom

Stupidity is not my favourite thing; I cannot deal with it.

In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.

What Democrats call 'nuanced', most people refer to as 'stupidity.'

Let's not let cartoonists get involved in a war of any kind, except for a war against stupidity.

I can do with mistakes, but I can't deal with stupidity.

I sometimes think my earnestness is confused for stupidity, but it shouldn't be.

Stupidity took me pretty far.

Stupidity cannot be controlled, only contained.

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.

I think your subconscious knows far more than your conscious, so I trust it.

I learned over the years to trust that the subconscious is going to provide guidance.

The eye by long use comes to see even in the darkest cavern: and there is no subject so obscure but we may discern some glimpse of truth by long poring on it.

Humility, we say, is very important because we feel humility means the ability to listen, the ability to respect another's opinion and to find that everybody around you in some subject knows more.

I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.

I think that former leaders are best seen occasionally and not too often heard - particularly on the subject of their successors!

Aging for me is not a condition but a subject.

Every subject you think you know, I'll dissect it and show you the truth.

I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject.

Death is not my best subject.

I am humble enough to understand there are many people who know much more than I do on many subjects, so I listen to them. Integrity is also critical to leadership, so I believe there must always be alignment between what you think, say, and do.

I don't pretend to be an astrophysicist or anything, even though I do read about certain things like metaphysics and cosmology that I've always just been really interested in. I don't pretend to be able to sit down and pontificate on any of these subjects.

The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.

I submit that in the few minutes that Joseph Smith was with the Father and the Son, he learned more of the nature of God the Eternal Father and the risen Lord than all the learned minds in all their discussions through all centuries of time.

Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.