Quotes About Insight

A philosopher's a lover of wisdom.

I believe Jack Smith might have written THE BOOK on writing and revising for publication. Clean, direct, succinct--a book that is full of pure wisdom and truth, but also amazing technical advice.

Wisdom corresponds to the future; it is philosophy.

Wisdom is the booby prize given when you've been unwise.

The beginning of wisdom, as the Chinese say, is calling things by their right names.

Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off.

We gather knowledge faster than we gather wisdom.

Folly will run its course and it is the part of wisdom not to take it too seriously.

Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out your wisdom.

People want power but not wisdom. Power without wisdom is a very dangerous thing. Better to have wisdom first.

How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it.

Between wisdom and a good shield, always prefer the wisdom, because no shield can protect us better than wisdom!

Maybe I shall never achieve happiness, but one thing I have had - the terrible wisdom of love.

What then is the wisdom of the times called old? Is it the wisdom of gray hairs? No. It is the wisdom of the cradle.

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

The small wisdom is like water in a glass:clear, transparent, pure.The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

And because Eddie knew that was only the truth, he said nothing.

Wisdom is knowing you know nothing

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

In a little town, there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.

In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.

A wise man sees as much as he ought not as much as he can.