The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom. Use this quote
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. Use this quote
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself. Use this quote
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself. Use this quote
Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. Use this quote
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. Use this quote
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. Use this quote
Cleverness is not wisdom. Use this quote
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom. Use this quote
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. Use this quote
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. Use this quote
Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. Use this quote
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. Use this quote
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next. Use this quote
Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive. Use this quote
Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something. Use this quote
The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. Use this quote
Wisdom is learning what to overlook. Use this quote
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. Use this quote
The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good. Use this quote
