Quotes About Wisdom

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

The object of education is not to fill a man's mind with facts; it is to teach him how to use his mind in thinking.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the snakes of his own passions

Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.

In shallow men the fish of little thoughts cause much commotion. In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle.

Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don't sum up a man's life in one moment.

The more a man knows, the less he talks.

Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.

Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.

Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.

Wise men listen and laugh, while fools talk.

Man is a parrot in the House of History; he listens and then he repeats the same crap over and over!

A man's eyes should be torn out if he can only see the past

Rules are for the obidience of fools and interpretations of smart men.

In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous.