Quotes About Wisdom

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory is won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them.

There is no such thing as inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.

A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

Married life teaches one invaluable lesson: to think of things far enough ahead not to say them.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent

A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself

Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30.

A wedding in haste is worth two at leisure.

Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.

Just because you can, doesn't necessarily mean that you should!

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

Dear friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know much Just rememeber two main rules for the beginning: You better starve, than eat whatever And better be alone, than with whoever.

The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.

The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.