This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Ultimately, what leads to wise choices is love—the attention to others as ends in themselves, as I am an end in myself, not a means to an end. The way love is implemented and practiced is care, which is attending to the true needs of others. So wise choices come about through care.
Edward Thorndike, fully Edward Lee "Ted" Thorndike
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
A majority can never replace the individual. Just as a hundred fools do not make a wise man, a heroic decision is not likely to come from a hundred cowards.
Decision | Individual | Majority | Man | Wise |
It is said that a wise person who stands firm is a statesman, and a foolish person who stands form is a catastrophe.
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To be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood; to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate.
Fate | Misfortune | Wise | Misfortune |
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition to stand up for it.
Enough | Men | Opposition | Truth | Wise |
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, born Anne Spencer Morrow
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.
Love | Mourning | Openness | Patience | Suffering | Understanding | Wise | World |