Quotes About Wisdom

To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear.

We're short on wisdom; we're high on technology. Where's it going to lead?

Wisdom means that it gives you detachment, detachment from all that is selfishness, self-centredness, self-obsession, ego - all connected with self.

Never, no never, did Nature say one thing, and wisdom another.

Actually I feel I'm a better player; more mentally. I guess you get better with age people say. You have a lot more wisdom.

Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

Knowledge gropes but meets not Wisdom's face.

The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.

The result proves the wisdom of the act.

In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.

A wise word is more rare than the green emerald, and one can find the word of wisdom even amongst the slave girls making grain.

Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.

Create a wisdom and share it with others; in return, don't wait for anything, not even a simple thanks, because expecting something in return does not belongs to the wisdom!

God is the Source of real love, joy, peace, wisdom and everything else we all need to be the people He has created us to be.

Our passions, when well exercised, have wisdom; they guide our thinking, our values, our survival.

Most of us are wiser than we may appear to be. On one level, wisdom is nothing more profound than an ability to follow oneÂ's own advice.