Quotes About Wisdom

Poor conceited humanity! Interpreters of God indeed.

Books are humanity in print.

Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.

Educating people beyond their intellectual means is a disservice to humanity. A clueless person who knows little is a nuisance; a clueless person who knows a lot is a menace.

The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity.

The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity.

There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings and rulers really And truly become philosophers

Literature is the memory of humanity.

Literature in its most comprehensive sense is the autobiography of humanity.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Everything that human beings feel, we feel. We can become extremely wise and sensitive to all of humanity and the whole universe simply by knowing ourselves, just as we are.

Books are the carriers of civilization... Books are humanity in print.

The great moral teachers of humanity were in a way artistic geniuses in the art of living.

Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.

A great library contains the diary of the human race.

In the West people are basically oblivious to power, solstices, enlightenment and everything that matters.

History is the "know thyself" of humanity - the self-consciousness of mankind.

... humility + humor = humanity.

The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs.

To postpone unpleasantness is human; to forget it is divine.

Humanity will destroy itself, body and soul, before it will learn a simple lesson.