Quotes About Insight

The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.

When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.

Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.

He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom.

I'm trying to grow older with wisdom.

Every choice eventually leads to wisdom.

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.

One of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom.

Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth.

The wise man is astonished by anything.

Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences.

Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.

All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an ensemble of correct assumptions and valid calculations.

Wealth is commonplace but wisdom is rare. I beg you to remember that wealth without wisdom can often end in disaster.

We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education.

True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man´s wisdom even if he associates with a sage.

Those who would learn must suffer. In our own despair, against our will, wisdom comes to us.