“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.”

“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”

“My stomach flip-flops. No electronics? That’s heavy. In fact it’s more than heavy: to compute is to be, and all that. I don’t mind going without clothes, but being without a microprocessor is truly stripping down. It’s like asking a sorcerer to surrender his magic wand, or a politician to forswear his lies.”

“She had that irony in her eyes. Knowledge without wisdom. Power without purpose. Like me.”

“Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.”

“Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.”

“The cutting edge of service is always being honed and polished.”

“Love without courage and wisdom is sentimentality, as with the ordinary church member. Courage without love and wisdom is foolhardiness, as with the ordinary soldier. Wisdom without love and courage is cowardice, as with the ordinary intellectual.”

“The earth is heavy and opaque without dreams.”

“How can one govern without taxes, without strength, without authority?”