The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

This society in which we live is radically changing. What previous generations saw as evil is now embraced as being good. It is a dangerous and slippery slope upon which we stand when we reject what Solomon called the beginning of wisdom - the fear of God.

A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.

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

Logic is the beginning of wisdom not the end.

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.

Kindness is more important than wisdom and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

Wisdom begins at the end.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.

I think that weddings have probably been crashed since the beginning of time. Cavemen crashed them. You go to meet girls. It makes sense.

To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial incomplete and to a great extent superficial modification of barbarism.

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together.

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it.

More than an end to war we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes an end to this brutal inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.