"Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next." ― Herbert Hoover Topic(s): Wisdom More From Herbert Hoover "Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men." "It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow… that are the aftermath of war." "It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business." More In Wisdom "The greatest wisdom is to realize one’s lack of it."― Constantin Stanislavski "Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats."― Thomas Sowell "They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense."― George Combe