Quotes About Wisdom

Thinking things has been done through the ages; knowing things remains to be done.

Diligence is a priceless treasure; prudence a protective charm.

Mentor: Someone whose hindsight can become your foresight.

Hindsight explains the injury that foresight would have prevented.

A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed.

The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience.

Inspiration: There is no man upon the earth, no foolish man or wise, No man of high or humble birth but somewhere in the skies Can find a star to lead him on if he will lift his eyes.

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.

Knowledge is haunted by the ghost of past opinion.

Don't be so superstitious.

Questions are the creative acts of intelligence.

God's last name is not "Dammit."

If the human brain were simple enough to understand, we'd be so simple we couldn't.

Life would be much easier if I had the source code.

Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.

Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question.

An educated man is one who has finally discovered that there are some questions to which nobody has the answer.

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

To become educated is to move from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.

Many talk like philosophers yet live like fools

Be careful of the words you say, keep them soft and sweet; You never know from day to day which ones you'll have to eat.

Think then act safely.

When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence

Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions.