Quotes About Wisdom

Great men never require experience.

Hanifs (Muslims) are stumbling, Christians all astray Jews wildered, Magians far on error's way. We mortals are composed of two great schools Enlightened knaves or else religious fools.

Any good thing you say to me shall not be forgotten. I shall carry it as near to my heart as my children, and it shall be as often on my tongue as the name of the Great Spirit.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth.

Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.

We learn of great things by little experiences.

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

Experience is a great teacher.

My great grandma always told me to drink a lot of milk because it's good for the skin.

What you have to remember is that the great feelings come after the terrible ones.

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Humility is the only lens though which great things can be seen--and once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible.

Great actions speak great minds.

A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.

You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis.

Read less and think more. Read about great things and think about great questions and issues.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

As my great friend Aristotle said, 'If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.' I'm not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.

Great leaders are never too proud to learn.