Quotes About Wisdom

The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

There are two kinds of fools: One says, This is old therefore it is good. The other one says, This is new therefore it is better.

Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.

There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better.

William Roberts

Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.

The most disgraceful thing for kings is to disdain learning and be afraid of science.

Fill up the goblet, and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum....

To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius, a vital appropriating exercise of mind, closely allied to that which first created it.

Remember, if you don't get the question right, your answer doesn't matter.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

Never assume the obvious is true.

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.

To keep your secret is wisdom to expect others to keep it is folly.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

You must not be unkind, especially when it happens that you're right.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

Each book can make a life or a fragment of it more beautiful.

What can I tell you, except the stupid little I know?

Sometimes the most intelligent thing is not to do anything, certainly nothing loaded with the imbecility of emotionality.

I am enormously wise and abysmally ignorant

Think without any dishonesty. 2. Forge yourself in the Way. 3. Touch upon all of the arts. 4. Know the Ways of all occupations. 5. Know the advantages and disadvantages of everything. 6. Develop a discerning eye in all matters. 7. Understand what cannot be seen by the eye. 8. Pay attention to even small things. 9. Do not involve yourself with the impractical.