“Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson Related Quotes “Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity.”“- Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.” “I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.”– Julia Louis-Dreyfus “I have tried at every point to seek God’s wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him.”– Jesse Helms