Quotes About Wisdom

None are so blind as those who will not see.

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Instead of being born again, why not just grow up?

How can he get wisdom… whose talk is of bullocks?

In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together.Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care.

Envy and wrath shorten the life, and carefulness bringeth age before the time.

Gray hair is a blessing - ask any bald man.

There's more to the truth than just the facts.

In a good old age.

A proverb and a byword among all people.

Old age… it's the only disease you don't look forward to being cured of.

Philosophy is nothing but common sense in a dress suit.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.

Avoid what is evil; do what is good; purify the mind—this is the teaching of the Awakened One [Buddha].

Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it.

Be not overwise in doing thy business.

God gave us two ends — one to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use. Head you win, tail you lose.

God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.

Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.

But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

The ski bum trades security for face shots, the future for the moment. Considering how hollow the promise of a corporate career has become, who can say the ski bum is not the wiser investor in his or her youth?