The Apostle] Paul's prayer for the Christians at Colosse should always be on our lips: That God fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding (Colossians 1:9).

When all else fail, philosophize.

Things are so hard to figure out when you live from day to day in this feverish and silly world.

I didn't know what was happening to me, and I suddenly realized it was only the tea that we were smoking; Dean had bought some in New York. It made me think that everything was about to arrive—the moment when you know all and everything is decided forever.

If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common sense will suffice to do everything else.

When the Special Theory of Relativity began to germinate in me, I was visited by all sorts of nervous conflicts... I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

As the culture war rages on, Lord give us wisdom to see the difference between defending our rights and protesting our slights.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life.

We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right.

Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view.

Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.