Quotes About Wisdom

All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing

It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy.

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

Most jokes state a bitter truth.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

Science is organized knowledge.

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

Dear God, please give me strength when I am weak, love when I feel forsaken, courage when I am afraid, wisdom when I am foolish, comfort when I am alone, hope when I feel rejected, and peace when I am in turmoil.

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave

Teaching is a priceless gift to any determined learner. Good teachers are therefore priceless gifts to eager learners.

They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it.

He who dares to teach must never cease to learn.