Quotes About Wisdom

Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care to make.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree, but it preserves it.

The masters of life know the way, for they listen to the voice within them, the voice of wisdom and simplicity, the voice that reasons beyond cleverness and knows beyond knowledge.

First, cut out all the wisdom, then cut out all the adjectives.

Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore he must act rightly and succeed, or his wisdom would be wisdom no longer.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

Within each experience of pain or negativity is the opportunity to challenge the perception that lies behind it and to choose to learn with wisdom.

Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.

Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that lunch you are bolting down, little friend.

Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.

...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.

My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint.

You don't have to have perfect wisdom to get very rich - just a bit better than average over a long period of time.

The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.

Honeymoons are the beginning of wisdom--but the beginning of wisdom is the end of romance.

My work as a human being is to quiet my mind, open my heart and do what I can to relieve the suffering with as much wisdom, skill, whatever I got.

We're achieving better marbling and better flavor with old world wisdom that's been passed down for generations but we're still using technology.

How wonderful, how miraculous, all beings, but all beings, are fully endowed with the wisdom and power of the Tathagat. But, sadly, human beings, due to sticky attachments, are not aware of it

Whoever despises the high wisdom of mathematics nourishes himself on delusion and will never still the sophistic sciences whose only product is an eternal uproar.

When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.

I would beseech you not only to be pure beyond suspicion but I would ask you to combine with stainless purity, great wisdom and great ability.

Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.

Wisdom is an artful method—a skillful, tactical, fair, and diplomatic use of knowledge.