"Ideals of Stanford", by President David Starr Jordan, in The Land of Sunshine: A Southern California Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1. (Los Angeles, June 1898), p. 11
Variant: "Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it."
“Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.”
“Sentiment is for those who don't know what to do next.”
Rosa Burger in Burger's Daughter (1979), p. 130
Source: Culture series, Use of Weapons (1990), Chapter Ten (p. 316).
“What are the scientists to do next?”
As We May Think (1945)
Context: This has not been a scientist's war; it has been a war in which all have had a part. The scientists, burying their old professional competition in the demand of a common cause, have shared greatly and learned much. It has been exhilarating to work in effective partnership. Now, for many, this appears to be approaching an end. What are the scientists to do next?
Epode, lines 1-4
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616), The Forest
Change the World Without Taking Power (2002)
“The essence of wisdom is to know when to be doing, and when it's useless even to try”
Source: The Last Enchantment
