Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
Wisdom is found only in truth.
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.
In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.