Quotes About Wisdom

Sense will buy you more than dollars.

Standing on the shoulders of the great allows you to see further than everyone.

Teachers are students inside out.

The greatest prison in the universe is an ignorant mind.

The greatest words are written on hearts, not paper.

The highest wisdom is sometimes found in the lowest people.

The more polished a diamond the more valuable it is; the more tested a man the more refined he is.

The shrewd may gain temporarily, but the wise gain permanently.

The soul does not grow before the mind.

To avoid trials is to avoid living; the more you go through, the more you learn.

Today is tomorrow's stepping stone, but for the wise it is a ladder.

Truth is fruit on a tree; though ripe, one must still reach for it.

When bad things happen to you, become wiser, not bitter.

You don't win battles you walk away from.

You learn more from your tears than your smiles.

You need several eyes to see an opportunity, many eyes to see wisdom, and countless eyes to see God.

Your inner voice whispers, but speaks the loudest.

Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.

Year after year On the monkey's face: A monkey's face.

Lightning doesn't leave you enlightened —good to know that

Had I crossed the pass Supported by a stick, I would have spared myself The fall from the horse.

Everyone in this house has gray hair, walks with a cane, visits the graveyard

Year by year/The monkey's mask/Reveals the monkey.

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