Quotes About Wisdom

The truth was that as my pocket had strengthened, my head had weakened.

When you want to be well-liked in the world, you have to let a lot of people teach you things that you know and they don't.

Ce que j'ai appris, je l'ai oublié ; ce que je sais, je l'ai inventé.

Il y a pas une grande sagesse a dire un mot de reproche ; mais il y a une plus grande sagesse a dire un mot qui, sans se moquer du malheur de l'homme, le ranime, lui rende du courage, comme les éperons rendent du courage à un cheval que l'abreuvoir a rafraîchi.

In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.

An inch of gold can't buy an inch of time

said. And it's clear, isn't it? Anyone can

Grief is a killer, isn't it?" he said. "Brings you right up to the truth.

An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, An inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.

I have an education, I went to college, you know?

The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.

Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

By studying the masters -- not their pupils.

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.

Truth and clarity are complementary.

Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.

An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experience all the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field.