“Wisdom Is The Principal Thing”

“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”

“That is the principal thing-not to remain with the dream, with the intention, with the being-in-the-mood, but always forcibly to convert it all into things.”

“My high school principal, Mr. Heisenberg, was the uncertain principal.”

“But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”

“Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.”

“All things that pass Are wisdom's looking-glass.”