If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. William Blake
If a state should pass laws forbidding its citizens to become wise and holy, it would be made a byword for all time. But this, in effect, is what our commercial, social, and political systems do. They compel the sacrifice of mental and moral power to money and dissipation. John Lancaster Spalding
We are confronted with the incompatible claims of Jerusalem and Athens to our allegiance. We are open to both and willing to listen to each. We ourselves are not wise but we wish to become wise. We are seekers for wisdom, philo-sophoi. Leo Strauss
Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise. Chinese Proverb
We start as fools and become wise through experience. Tanzanian Proverb
Remember the wisdom of your ancestors in order to become wise. African Proverb