“All of us yearn for the highest wisdom, but we have to rely on ourselves in the end.”

“The human soul yearns for discovery. By unlocking the mysteries of the universe, we unlock truths within ourselves. That's true. Our journey into space will not only make us stronger and more prosperous, but will unite us behind grand ambitions and bring us all closer together. Wouldn't that be nice? Can you believe that space is going to do that? I thought politics would do that. (Laughter.) Well, we'll have to rely on space instead.”

“as females in a patriarchal culture, we were not slaves of love; most of us were and are slaves of longing-- yearning for a master who will set us free and claim us because we cannot claim ourselves”

“We don't have enough knowledge until we learn to know. But the limitations of humanity prevent us from knowing what is unknown and what is beyond reasoning. That is why we cannot rely entirely on ourselves.”

“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”

“Due to having faith one relies on the practices,
Due to having wisdom one truly knows.
Of these two wisdom is the chief,
Faith is its prerequisite.”

“Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.”

“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”

“You are using your own moral intuitions to authenticate the wisdom of the Bible - and then, in the next moment, you assert that we human beings cannot possibly rely upon our own intuitions to rightly guide us in the world.”

“All wisdom ends in paradox.”