It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. By Walter Lippmann Intelligent, Meaningful, Wisdom
It is possible to be a sage in some things and a child in others, to be at once ferocious and retarded, shrewd and foolish, serene and irritable. By Walter Lippmann Comforting, Good, Sad
The final test of leadership is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. By Walter Lippmann Great leadership, Inspirational, Leadership, Motivational, Uplifting
The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal. By Walter Lippmann Ideas
When all think alike, then no one is thinking. By Walter Lippmann Groupthink, Independent, Thinking, Thought
Many a time have I wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed. By Walter Lippmann Belief, Funny, Know yourself, Silence
The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters. By Walter Lippmann Enemies, Opposition, Politics, Statesmen