Quotes About Wisdom

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Usually, the loudest in the room is the weakes. The quietest man in the room, who is being very observant, is the smartest and the strongest.

Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

No man knows the value of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them.

The best advice comes from people who don't give advice.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Education is lacking in most of those who pontificate.

I wouldn't change anything about my past, because it's made me who I am today. You have to remember: You need to crack some eggs to make omelettes. And I did crack some eggs.

He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

I had to figure out at 61 years of age: 'Holy moly! Who am I?'