"All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man." ― Henry David Thoreau Topic(s): Wisdom Tags: wisdom, worldly More From Henry David Thoreau "It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things." "Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." "Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?" More In Wisdom "Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it down to a view that ‘all people are really interested in’ are a few moments of madness in the Oval Office gets him, the importance of the presidency, and the significance of his life, all wrong."― Alastair Campbell "Wisdom is learning what to overlook."― William James "In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don’t let your eyes deceive you."― Janet Jackson