Quotes About Wisdom

Strange how much simple wisdom there is to be found in the deformed head and unprepossessing carcase of your typical London cabbie.

No one is really working for peace unless he is working primarily for the restoration of wisdom.

Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things.

Science is wisdom reduced to practice.

With such wisdom has nature ordered things in the economy of this world, that the destruction of one continent is not brought about without the renovation of the earth in the production of another.

Our addiction to always being right is a great block to the truth. It keeps us from the kind of openness that comes from confidence in our natural wisdom.

The beginning of all wisdom is to understand that you don't know. To know is the enemy of all learning. To be sure is the enemy of wisdom.

Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.

The store of wisdom does not consist of hard coins which keep their shape as they pass from hand to hand; it consists of ideas and doctrines whose meanings change with the minds that entertain them.

My childhood library was small enough not to be intimidating. And yet I felt the whole world was contained in those two rooms. I could walk any aisle and smell wisdom.

The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts.

If you get into the mental habit of relating what you're reading to the basic structure of the underlying ideas being demonstrated, you gradually accumulate some wisdom.

Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom

A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse.

Within the heart of every person exists the flame of wisdom that transforms all suffering into kindling for the fire of creative energy.

The wisdom that living brings, since I got a telegram from the God of simple things.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find someone's hand and squeeze it, while there's still time.

The goal of our life's effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that in each step of the way, the other shore is actually reached.

Wisdom is like the rain. Its source is limitless, but it comes down according to the season.

The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increases impatience of folly.

Let the people know my wisdom, fill the land with smoke

The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.

Knowledge is flour, but wisdom is bread.

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.