Quotes About Wisdom

In Zen, actions speak louder than words. Doing is more important than knowing, and knowledge which cannot be translated into action is of little worth.

Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user.

Never by reflection, but only by doing is self- knowledge possible to one.

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.

A true master gives all his knowledge. But only when the student is ready.

All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained in the dog.

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

All knowledge, is ultimately, self knowledge.

The first step towards knowledge is to accept your own ignorance.

The surest way of concealing from others the boundaries of one s own knowledge is not to overstep them.

Faith consists, not in ignorance, but in knowledge, and that, not only of God, but also of the divine will.

The greater the amount of knowledge you accumulate, the bigger your island gets, but the greater the shoreline of the unknown becomes. In short, the more you know, the more you know you don't know.

The great obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.

To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of eternal things; to knowledge, the rational knowledge of temporal things.

I always was very interested in intellect and the massive world of knowledge out there, but in terms of being a kid who wanted to be treated as an equal, school is not the place.

To know is not to be wise. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

The Truth lies not in the Yes and not in the No, but in the knowledge and the beginning from which the Yes and the No arise.

It may be an information age, but... It takes more work to earn more money to be overwhelmed by more information that does not equal knowledge or wisdom.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.

Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one's own awareness is direct knowledge.

Seeking knowledge is like opening doors. And I know the doors are everywhere.

Knowledge born from actual experience is the answer to why one profits; lack of it is the reason one loses

Ignorance, if recognized, is often more fruitful than the appearance of knowledge.