Quotes About Wisdom

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

The good thing about growing up is that you discover yourself. You get to know what you need and what you don't need.

It's not that I studied everything in books, I just learned things from my real life experiences. An experience; an asset for learning.

Accept mistakes as part of life. Be bold enough to admit your mistakes, smart enough to learn and gain from them, and strong enough to make corrections. Knowledge gain from problems is growth in the right direction.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.

Insight doesn't just come naturally; it comes from an accumulation of knowledge and experiences.

There is a big difference between what you know and what you think you know, learn the facts before jumping to conclusions.

He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

By gaining self-knowledge we gain the ability to know when to press hard and when to pull back. Self-knowledge informs us of our limits.

Try to manage your anger since people can't manage their stupidity.

Think with your head don't feel with your heart keep in control of your Life.

I listen with attention to the judgement of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own

Envy is like flame which scorches the wisdom of inner self. Envy reflects lack of belief in self. It will eat away your very essentials of self worth.

Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with a seat missing, but it hurts.

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err gladly, and do not wish to lose so delightful an error

Death cancels everything but truth

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'