Quotes About Wisdom

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.

To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive forms—this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of all true religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I belong in the ranks of devoutly religious men.

This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.

If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, where X is work, Y is play, and Z is keep your mouth shut.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

An empty stomach is not a good political advisor.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything one learned in school.

Ego = 1/ Knowledge: More the knowledge lesser the ego, lesser the knowledge more the ego.

God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.

God may be subtle, but He isn't mean.

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of goodwill In such a place even I would be an ardent patriot.

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

The true measure of a man is the degree to which he has managed to subjugate his ego.

To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull facilities can comprehend only in the most primitive forms--this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I belong to the ranks of the devoutly religious men.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.