Wisdom Quotes
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.Epicurus
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.Aristophanes
Common sense in an uncommon degree and is what the world calls wisdom.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It is the first step of wisdom to recognize that the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the society in which they occur.George Whitehead
Supreme happiness will be the greatest cause of misery, and the perfection of wisdom the occassion of folly.Leonardo DaVinci, The notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci by Macurdy
Wisdom comes with winters.Oscar Wildedmissions literature at Colby College.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.Confucius
If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let thy wisdom keep it; if oppression found it, let repentance restore it; if thy parent left it, let thy virtues deserve it; so shall thy honor be safer, better and cheaper.Francis Quarles
The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.William Faulkne
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.John Henry Cardinal Newman
If wisdom were on sale in the open market, the stupid would not even ask the price.Author Unknown
Philosopher A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth.Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.Aldous Huxley
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.Socrates
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.James Abram Garfield
There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.Sir Francis Bacon
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.Titus Maccius Plautus, Trinummus
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.Kahlil Gibran
A prudent question is one half of wisdom.Sir Francis Bacon
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.Chuang - Tzu, On Leveling All Things
Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom.Alfred Victor Vigny
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.Pierre Abelard
Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?Count Oxenstierna
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living the other helps you make a life.Sandra Carey
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.Karl Kraus
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.Immanuel Kant
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.Reinhold Niebuh
It is the part of wisdom to keep your word and the part of folly to count on other people keeping theirs.Richard Needham
Dedication and responsibility, Far beyond the laws governed by man, Releases the power within you, To attain all the wisdom of the universe.Christine Lane
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.Alfred Lord Tennyson
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.Benjamin Disraeli
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.Lactantius
If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly.Woody Allen
Under a ragged coat lies wisdom.Romanian Prove
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.Sigmund Freud
A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful.Primo Levi
I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Keep me away from the wisdom that does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.Kahlil Gibran
