Quotes About Wisdom

Godliness is the fragrance of the man who has attained enlightenment.

He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments - is the rich and royal man.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Man has made use of his intelligence; he invented stupidity.

Every man is entitled to make a darn fool of himself at least once in a lifetime.

...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing.

In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.

The sign of a great man is that the closer you get, the greater he seems.

I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - there are probably a lot of things I should have done that I didn't do.

Mathematical studies may serve for a pleasant entertainment for those hours which young men are apt to throw away upon their vices.

Kids are beautiful, man. And they know much more than grownups think they know. Kids are just perfect people until grownups get their hands on them.

The wind in a man's face makes him wise.

It is true intelligence for a man to take a subject that is mysterious and great in itself and to unfold and simplify it so that a child can understand it.

'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.

Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men.

The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them.

The man of knowledge acquires something new everyday, and the man of Tao lets go of something new every day.

I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot.

Old men do it better. We're not so sensitive in certain areas.

Education is not acquisition of burdensome information regarding objects and men. It is the awareness of the immortal spirit within,, which is the spring of joy, peace and courage.

Be for ever a student. He and he alone is an old man who feels that he has learnt enough and has need for no more knowledge.

Man is fatally slow on the uptake; it always takes him until the next generation to understand what's going on.

How is a man fortunate to live in the darkness, brother?" "Why do you wonder?" asked Blaise. "For only he who has lived in darkness truly knows and values the light.

For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man's wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.