Quotes About Knowledge

His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.

It's surprising how much wisdom every man possesses -- if not for his own affairs, then for the affairs of others.

Of all whose words I have heard, no one attains to this, to know that wisdom is apart from all.

After wisdom comes wit.

The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.

Solomon made a big mistake when he asked for wisdom.

Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.

It must be the ultimate punishment, don't you think, to finally gain wisdom, only to realize that the consequences of your actions are irrevocable?

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom.

Half-liberty comes with wisdom, full liberty with death.

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery.

Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others chess.

Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.

How deluded we sometimes are by the clear notions we get out of books. They make us think that we really understand things of which we have no practical knowledge at all.

Great are those two gifts, wisdom and continence: wisdom, forsooth, whereby we are formed in the knowledge of God; continence whereby we are not conformed to this world.

Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution.

What is not worth understanding is not knowing.

Stress the right of the individual to select only what he desires to know, to use any knowledge as he wishes, that he himself owns what he has learned.

Respect those elder to you in years, in knowledge and spiritual attainment and act with love and compassion with those who are younger or less fortunate than you.