I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom if you want to call it that.

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth but as a means whereby we learn to do without them not as a means whereby we escape evil but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

I'm not wise but the beginning of wisdom is there it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

In my own personal life God plays a great role in the risk because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case and I ask him to give me wisdom to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating but for everything.

You know many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray I ask God to give me wisdom 'Should I do it?' guidance in terms of how to do it who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.

The word philosophy sounds high-minded but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something you don't just read about it you hug it you mess with it you play with it you argue with it.

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often and changeth his mind the fool is obstinate and doubteth not he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

In my definition of consciousness consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.

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.

If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom pride and conditional love things may look good for a while but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

You must learn day by day year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love the more you are interested in the more you enjoy the more you are indignant about the more you have left when anything happens.

If you believe the doctors nothing is wholesome if you believe the theologians nothing is innocent if you believe the military nothing is safe.

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Winning is not everything but wanting to win is.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.