Quotes About Wisdom

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men

The intellect of two thousand asses cannot bring forth a single man's thought.

Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.

If the majority doesn't laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a fool, only then is there some possibility of you being a wise man.

Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.

Life is about growing and evolving. I feel like my life has been in stages, and the stages I went through when I was younger allowed me to grow into the man I am today.

The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never.

Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.

A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.

Don't judge a man by where he is, because you don't know how far he has come.

The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.

I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.

Sorrows are our best educator. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope.

No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.

The saddest thing about any man is that he be ignorant, and the most exciting thing is that he knows.

Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.

The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.

Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.