Quotes About Understanding

Wisdom is only found in truth. [Ger., Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit.]

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.

Knowledge gropes but meets not Wisdom's face.

Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.

Most of us are wiser than we may appear to be. On one level, wisdom is nothing more profound than an ability to follow oneÂ's own advice.

But Love is the final reality; and anyone who does not understand this, be he writer or sage, is a man flawed in wisdom.

If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful.

Tis long ere time can mitigate your grief; To wisdom fly, she quickly brings relief.

Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.

To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.

A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear.

What I have sought is to understand what has been said.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

There is no wisdom without love.

Philosophy is in fact a quest for wisdom based in sophia; that quest for wisdom has everything to do with a love of wisdom.

We shall quench our thirst, for we shall drink deep at the bubbling fountain of Wisdom.

The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.

Children are the closest we have to wisdom and they become adults the moment that final drop of everything mysterious is strained from them.

If one extends knowledge to the utmost, one will have wisdom. Having wisdom, one can then make choices.

And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?

Good listeners believe they can learn something from everyone.