…but I never shall be very wise, I'm afraid.

It is impossible to love and be wise.

Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise.

The world shall perish not for lack of wonders, but for lack of wonder

For, work as you will, there is no chance of a new and better world until the old be utterly destroyed.

Action without wisdom, without clear awareness of the world as it really is, can never improve anything.

If no use is made of the labours of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.

There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy

O thou who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copybook of reason, I am very much afraid you will never see the point.

Poor soul, you will never know anything
of real importance. You will not uncover
even one of life's secrets. Although all religions
promise paradise, take care to create your own
paradise here and now on earth.

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom.

No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.