Wisdom Quotes
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.Joseph Addison
Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers.Sir Arthur Eddington, Attributed in Robert L. Weber "More Random Walks in Science", 1982
Keep me away from the wisdom that does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.Kahlil Gibran
To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.Marilyn vos Savant
Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom.Laurence Sterne
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.Sophocles
Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat.Caecilius Statius
For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom. For the uncontrolled there is no concentration, and for him without concentration, there is no peace. And for the unpeaceful how can there ever be happiness?Unknown, The Bhagavad Gita
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.Socrates, In "Apology, " sct. 21, by Plato.
If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let thy wisdom keep it; if oppression found it, let repentance restore it; if thy parent left it, let thy virtues deserve it; so shall thy honor be safer, better and cheaper.Francis Quarles
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.Epicurus
The extreme limit of wisdom - - That is what the public calls madness.Jean Cocteau
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong.Norman Douglas
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge Where is the knowledge we have lost in information.T. S. Eliot
It does not take sharp eyes to see the sun and the moon, nor does it take sharp ears to hear the thunderclap. Wisdom is not obvious. You must see the subtle and notice the hidden to be victorious.Sun Tzu, The Art of Wa
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.Felix Frankfurte
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undoneThe wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.Lin Yutang
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.Horace
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.H. L. Mencken
Who knows why we live, and struggle, and die... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.Alan Stewart Paton
Some of the waiters discuss the menu with you as if they were sharing wisdom picked up in the Himalayas.Seymour Britchky
Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?Count Oxenstierna
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.Thomas Carlyle
Between the amateur and the professional... there is a difference not only in degree but in kind. The skillful man is, within the function of his skill, a different psychological organization... A tennis player or a watchmaker or an airplane pilot is an automatism but he is also criticism and wisdom.Bernard De Voto
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone? The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.Lin Yutang, O Magazine, October 2002
Man lowers his head and lunges into civilization, forgetting the days of his infancy when he sought truth in a snowflake or a stick. Man forgets the wisdom of the child.Jack Kerouac
Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. In common and trivial matters we may act without motives, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom.W. M. L. Jay
Wisdom is perishable. Unlike information or knowledge, it cannot be stored in a computer or recorded in a book. It expires with each passing generation.Sid Taylo
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.Buddha
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.Pierre Abelard
Six essential qualities that are the key to success Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.Dr. William Claire Menninge
In seeking wisdom thou are wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it thou are a fool.Rabbi Ben - Azai
Knowledge can be communicated, but wisdom cannot. A man can find it, he can live it, he can be filled and sustained by it, but he cannot utter or teach it.Hermann Hesse
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.Confucius
The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar minds - - Success.Edmund Burke
He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom.Benjamin Franklin
A loving heart is the truest wisdom.Charles Dickens
