Quotes About Wisdom

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.

God is subtle but he is not malicious.

The only source of knowledge is experience.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.

Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.

We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library, whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different languages. The child knows that someone must have written those books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the the languages in which they are written. The child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books, a mysterious order, which it does not comprehend but only dimly suspects.

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.

As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.

Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it.

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.

Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Failing isn't bad when you learn what not to do.

Success = 1 part work + 1 part play + 1 part keep your mouth shut

If I could do it all again, I'd be a plumber.

Ego=1/Knowledge More the knowledge lesser the ego, lesser the knowledge more the ego.

The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking..

I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.

Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.