"To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom." ― Jose Bergamin Topic(s): Wisdom More From Jose Bergamin "To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success." "A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces." "The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair." More In Wisdom "But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven’t exactly been non-aggressive – including me."― Madeleine Albright "Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue."― James Buchan "Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation."― Robert H. Schuller