Quotes About Wisdom

Personally, I know nothing about sex because I've always been married.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture.

Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

Better silent than stupid.

It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgement to be silent.

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Speech is silver; silence is golden.

It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.

Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

I regret often that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

To be simple is to be great.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

To be simple is the best thing in the world.

If it's working, keep doing it. If it's not working, stop doing it. If you don't know what to do, don't do anything.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

The more we reduce the size of our world, the more we shall be its master.

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity.

All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.

Many things are lost for want of asking.