Quotes about Wisdom
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right if the head is totally wrong. Only through the bringing together of head and heart—intelligence and goodness—shall man rise to a fulfillment of his true nature.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is pretty difficult to imagine a single person having, simultaneously, the characteristics of the serpent and the dove, but this is what Jesus expects. We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Never must the church tire of reminding men that they have a moral responsibility to be intelligent.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Goethe is always pithy.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
You have all the cleverness which makes a successful man. Have you the tact?
— Arthur Conan Doyle