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Quotes About Wisdom

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.
~ Thomas J. Watson
Conventional wisdom would have one believe.
~ Mumia Abu-Jamal
Put the greatest emphasis on what's in you; your knowledge, your wisdom, your inner strength, your character, your tenacity and people will look through the box and always walk away with the product.
~ T. D. Jakes
Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
~ Aeschylus
The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.
~ Joseph Campbell
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
~ Moliere
The Creator, the fountain of all wisdom, the approver of perpetual order, the eternal and superessential spring of geometry and harmonics.
~ Johannes Kepler
Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to find escape from the flame of separateness.
~ Rumi
Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.
~ Ajahn Chah
Healing comes when the individual remembers his or her identity—the purpose chosen in the world of ancestral wisdom—and reconnects with that world of Spirit.
~ Malidoma Patrice Some
If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
~ St. Francis Of Assisi
Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.
~ William J. Clinton
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
~ Honore de Balzac
Gratitude opens the door to... the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.
~ Deepak Chopra
Just like the car headlights impressively illuminating the dark streets, wisdom words powerfully enlighten the dark minds!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.
~ Wayne Dyer
The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
~ Maimonides
The mouse is wise, but the cat is wiser.
~ Tycho Brahe
There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.
~ Plato
A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding...
~ Baha'u'llah
Courage is strength in the face of knowledge of what is to be feared or hoped. Wisdom is prudent strength.
~ Atul Gawande
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
~ William Faulkner