Quotes About Learning

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.

Personally I like ageing. With age comes wisdom and I have said it before and I say it again, I will take wisdom over youth any day.

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty.

Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.

In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Do not seek praise. Seek criticism.

When you're truly connecting with wisdom, the more you learn, the more you realize the less you know.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

While hard data may inform the intellect, it is largely soft data that generates wisdom.

Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom.

The first beginnings of wisdom...is to ask questions but never to answer any.

The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.

The period before the dawn of knowledge is called the age of darkness.

Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.

Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you wisdom unless you first empty your cup?

Wisdom comes from experience, but experience is not enough. Experience anticipated and experience revisited is the true source of wisdom.

To ask the proper question is half of knowing.

Spend your leisure time in cultivating an ear attentive to discourse, for in this way you will find that you learn with ease what others have found out with difficulty.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom.

Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom.