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.

I'm taking one thing at a time. With the children and launching my solo career it would drive me to a nervous breakdown if I tried to organise a wedding on top of that.