Quotes About Wisdom

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.

A person might be an expert in any field of knowledge or a master of many material skills and accomplishments. But without inner cleanliness his brain is a desert waste.

Belief is not the beginning of knowledge - it is the end.

Deception is the knowledge of kings.

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

Knowledge of any value can't be given. It must be sought and earned

All good intellects have repeated, since Bacon's time, that there can be no real knowledge but which is based on observed facts.

Knowledge and ego are directly related. the less knowledge, the greater the ego

Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are not reversible when exposed to new knowledge.

The best prescription is knowledge.

Knowledge is the intellectual manipulation of carefully verified observations.

I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.

It's like life. The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.

Always revisit your decisions in the light of new knowledge and information. Don't be afraid to change.

The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.

Violence begins where knowledge ends.

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

They who humble themselves before knowledge of any kind generally end up the wiser and as voices with something meaningful to say.

The soul is the ancestral animals. The body is their knowledge.

All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.

Libraries never let us forget who we are, for their worth stands by the knowledge they keep and save for us.

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]