Quotes About Insight

Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.

That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.

On the road to wisdom, behave like a raven and observe everything carefully!

The more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse than his sleep.

Age is frequently beautiful, wisdom appearing like an aftermath.

Humanity has to travel a hard road to wisdom, and it has to travel it with bleeding feet.

I have known it for a long time but I have only just experienced it. Now I know it not only with my intellect, but with my eyes, with my heart, with my stomach.

The very greatest is the alphabet, for in it lies the deepest wisdom; yet only he can fathom it, who truly knows how to put it together.

It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery.

Sometimes wisdom comes from suffering, and sometimes suffering comes from wisdom.

Wisdom is partly innate and partly developed and practised. It's about a lot more than just knowledge: experience, involvement, communication, interaction with people. Wisdom is a way of being.

True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.

Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise

With wisdom fraught; not such as books, but such as practice taught.

We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.

Giftedness is your accelerator; wisdom is your brake.

Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.

Generally speaking, there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of others.

Solitude is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it.

Wisdom is exercised in the choices you make.

A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.

All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.

Luck never made a man wise.