"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future." ― George Bernard Shaw Topic(s): Wisdom More From George Bernard Shaw "Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo." "Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family." "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." More In Wisdom "Skin has become inadequate in interfacing with reality. Technology has become the body’s new membrane of existence."― Nam June Paik "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."― Jimi Hendrix "You cannot trust 25 guys in a locker room to have the same respect and training as I do with a weapon. That I do understand. I’ve carried a gun for 10 years. I’ve carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself."― Luke Scott