Quotes About Wisdom

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.

I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge.

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.

Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.

Seeking knowledge at an Young age is like engraving on a stone.

Like a twisted olive tree in its 500th year, giving then its finest fruit, is man. How can he give forth wisdom until he has been crushed and turned in the Hand of God.

Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.

It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.

Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men's devotion.

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.

Let your light shine. Be a source of strength and courage. Share your wisdom. Radiate love.

People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: 'Don't decide what you don't have to decide.' That's not evasion, it's wisdom.

The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

Are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation, and caring so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul?

The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.

A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.

I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.

Tai chi does not mean oriental wisdom or something exotic. It is the wisdom of your own senses, your own mind and body together as one process.

I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.