Quotes About Wisdom

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

The small wisdom is like water in a glass:clear, transparent, pure.The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.

And because Eddie knew that was only the truth, he said nothing.

It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life.

Wenn man noch nicht das Leben kennt, wie sollte man den Tod kennen.

Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utterly blank, I just thrash it out until I've exhausted every possibility.

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

Alas, my lord, your wisdom is consumed in confidence.

Wisdom is knowing you know nothing

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Lao Tzu "The key to growth is the introductionof higher dimensions of consciousnessinto our awareness.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

I shall live here in the rains, There in winter, Elsewhere in summer, " muses the fool, Not aware of the nearness of death.

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

In a little town, there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.

In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.

Everybody is ignorant, Just on different subjects.

The kingdom of heaven in not a place but a state of mind.

A wise man sees as much as he ought not as much as he can.

I have always considered David Hume as approaching as nearly the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will allow.

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.