Wisdom Quotes

He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

Courage is always the surest wisdom.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them.

This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed "Wisdom." And then I know exactly what is going to follow: "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."

We live in a culture that doesn't acknowledge or validate human intuition and doesn't encourage us to rely on our intuitive wisdom.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show instead.

I think in conventional magazine wisdom, you need to have a redesign every decade or so.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom.

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.

What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.