#wisdom

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#another #becomes #generation #height #often

I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#because #chance #could #great #i

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#conducted #governments #infinite #monarchy #most

The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#founded #higher #maryland #new #new york

Heroes are the saints of every nation. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#inspirational

Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#makes #master #you #yourself

Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete without the other. Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless. ↗

— Iain Pears

#philosophy #power #public-service #tyranny #virtue

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#chiefly #composer #exposure #false #i

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#children #cumulative #each #gained #generation

I Take Life Very Seriously: One Joke At A Time. ↗

— Sandra Chami Kassis

#life #philosophy #quotes #truth #wisdom-inspirational