Quotes About Wisdom

There are compensations for growing older. One is the realization that to be sporting isn't at all necessary. It is a great relief to reach this stage of wisdom.

The loneliness is the mother of wisdom.

Cunning differs from wisdom as twilight from open day.

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool.

If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch?

Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between "That doesn't make sense" and "I don't understand.

Ignorance fears diversity as an invading enemy, while wisdom welcomes diversity in an alliance of friendship.

The great wisdom of life is that we can be masters of the things that try to enslave us.

How the hell do I know what I find incredible? Credibility is an expanding field... Sheer disbelief hardly registers on the face before the head is nodding with all the wisdom of instant hindsight.

Wisdom degenerates in governments as governments increase in age.

We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others.

Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

Philosophy ... bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom; he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

Wisdom is not a matter of study, but a matter of living, and of sure action which rises above opposites.

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History is the queen of the humanities. It teaches wisdom and humility, and it tells us how things change through time.

Meditate upon all the perfect light within your own mind! Do this repeatedly and the radiant Bodhisattvas of Wisdom and Laughter will visit you and change your karma forever!

What is strength without a double share of wisdom?

The primary wisdom is intuition.

Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.

Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.

The childhood shows the man As morning shows the day. Be famous then By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, So let extend thy mind o'er all the world.

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.