Quotes About Wisdom

If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

When the wisdom speaks, be silent. Do not waste your candle when the sun is there.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

Wisdom lies in thinking. The spear-head of thinking is rationalism.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.

When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.

Doubt is the origin of wisdom

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions

Wisdom and peace come when you start living the life the creator intended for you.

In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.

God grant me courage and hope for everyday, faith to guide me along my way, understanding and wisdom, too, and grace to accept what life gives me to do.

The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.

Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.

May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

Put aside your pride, Set down your arrogance, And remember your grave.