Quotes About Wisdom

Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.

We are getting older, and we are getting wiser, and we are getting freer. And when you get the wisdom and the truth, then you get the freedom and you get power, and then look out. Look out.

There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an increase in wisdom, operating in your chief character or characters.

Wisdom comes from experience, but experience is not enough. Experience anticipated and experience revisited is the true source of wisdom.

And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.

To ask the proper question is half of knowing.

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.

Spend your leisure time in cultivating an ear attentive to discourse, for in this way you will find that you learn with ease what others have found out with difficulty.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

I, as a human, do not become the power or love or wisdom of God; I merely contain Him who is all these, and everything.

Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom.

Wisdom is something that comes, little by little, through a lot of listening.

Take advantage of this human boat; Free yourself from sorrow's mighty stream! This vessel will be later hard to find. The time that you have now, you fool, is not for sleep!

To generalize is to be an idiot.

The easy path of aging is to become a thick-skinned, unbudging curmudgeon, a battle-ax. To grow soft and sweet is the harder way.

Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom.

Beware of the flight of Blessings, For nothing that runs away is returned.

Maturity does not always come with age; sometimes age comes alone.

Life is a festival only to the wise.

I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the basic wisdom and goodness to govern themselves without conflict.

Knowledge comes from your instructors; wisdom comes from within.

When emotions dominate, maturity and wisdom deteriorate