Quotes About Wisdom

The Sea Will be the Sea Whatever the drop's philosophy.

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.

In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

He who claims to be sure of something for which there is no evidence is a fool, and he who acts on the basis of what cannot be proved is an imposter.

The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.

You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

There's more philosophy in jiu-jitsu mats than in any Ivy League school in America.

Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.

The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.

Words are the clothes thoughts wear.

Socrates should have written comics.

Where the dance of Meera and the silence of Buddha meet, blossoms the true philosophy of Rajneesh.

We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.

The gems of philosophy are not less precious because they are not understood.

Philosophy is by its nature something esoteric, neither made for the mob nor capable of being prepared for the mob.

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.