Quotes About Wisdom

When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.

The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.

It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.

A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot

From the example of the past, the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future.

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.

It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin.

I learned over the years never to correct a fool or he will hate you; correct a wise man, and he will appreciate you.

The people I met and the places I been Are all what make me the man I so proudly am.

A man is hid under his tongue.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

Be gracious to all men, but choose the best to be your friends.

Except a man fear the Lord, he is unable to renounce sin.

No man knows distinctly anything, and no man ever will.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is a hallucinating idiot...for he sees what no one else does: things that, to everyone else, are not there.

Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows.

When I was a boy, I thought myself a man. Now that I am a man, I find myself a boy.

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.

Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. - Jeanne

Our lives pass from us like the wind, and why Should wise men grieve to know that they must die? The Judas blossom fades, the lovely face Of light is dimmed, and darkness takes its place.

He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.

Only ... from personal experience [can a man] take the necessary measures without a preliminary process of trial and error.