Blessed are the poor in spirit

Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing

You shall love your neighbor as yourself

In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you

Even among barbarians, pride sometimes yields to wisdom, and Ares stands in awe of the Muses.

-- Posidonius

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few.

-- Pythagoras

I know that I do not know.

-- Plato

A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life.

-- Benedictus de Spinoza

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

-- William James

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.

-- Solomon