Quotes About Wisdom

Man is essentially a story-telling animal, but a teller of stories that aspire to truth.

Op zijn twintigste is iedereen intelligent; met de tijd wordt het steeds moeilijker om intelligent te blijven. Maar misschien leer je dan ter compensatie om gelukkig te zijn.

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.

If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.

I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.

Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.

The only real valuable thing is intuition.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

I want to know God's thoughts - the rest are mere details.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.

Information is not knowledge.