Quotes About Wisdom

All knowledge is interesting to a wise man, and the knowledge of nature is interesting to all men.

To the Bible men will return; and why? Because they cannot do without it.

A wise man once asked me, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" I thought for a minute, then I slapped him across the face. That got him off my back.

Were a man to live as long as Methuselah, and to spend all his days in the highest delights sin can offer, one hour of the anguish and tribulation that must follow, would far outweigh them.

If you want my views of history, there's something you should know. The three men I admire the most are Curly, Larry, and Mo.

if you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, if you teach a man to fish he'll eat all the fish you may have caught for yourself

Put a very clever man next to a genius, his brightness will immediately turn to dullness!

Forest is the best port of the wise man!

All men leave the harbour of youth, but only few reach the very far island of wisdom!

To die for a cause is insanity; man's greatest cause is to live; his biggest purpose is to stay alive! Only fools die for a cause! Which cause can be superior to man's life?

A good quotation is a very strong wind; it can change a man's direction!

Man needs two important things: Firstly, to know the truths; secondly, to change them if they are not ideal!

The Dalai Lama once said that 'If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change!' This is a great thought! And great thoughts belong to great men only!

If being stupid is the only way for an intelligent man to be happy, then let us hope that unhappiness be his choice!

Are you cold when you are happy? Are you cold when you are unhappy? Then you are a wise man! Wisdom makes man cool and calm. Wise man is cool and calm!

If you look at the monkeys, you can learn many things about the men; if you look at the men, you can learn many things about the madness!

One is greater than two amongst three men where only one of them is intelligent!

Physically, man is a dwarf; mentally, man is a giant!

Stupid speaks loudly; he makes noise like pigs! Wise man speaks calmly; he makes sound like quiet lakes!

The inauspiciousness of the owl is nothing but the inauspiciousness of the man who thinks that owl is inauspicious!

Wise man and river; they both create new paths!

Wise man is a lake full with fishes; clever man is a fisherman who often visits this lake!

Water jokes about the obstacles on its way; wise man jokes about the obstacles on his way!

A wealthy and wise man doesn't shake hands with people, he gives an helping hand.