quotations about wisdom
We disgrace wisdom when we would strive to support it with folly.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
Even when we lose our way, wisdom never leaves us. And when we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that our relationship with and faith in wisdom is all we need to live a life rich with meaning, purpose, and joy, it gets simpler.
MICHAEL NEILL
"The Hedgehog of Wisdom", Huffington Post, January 14, 2016
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
ENNIUS
attributed, De Officii
In much wisdom is much grief.
BIBLE
Ecclesiastes 1:18
Wise men know each other.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom.
DAN BROWN
Angels & Demons
Wisdom is the never-failing granary of thought.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
He that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
Wisdom is the lost property of the believer.
MUHAMMAD
Muhammad: The Last Prophet
We have all met people who seek wisdom so they can wear it like a lecturer wears his robes, clear proof that they "know" more than others. But spirituality is not about "having" more knowledge. It is about "being". A person can write eloquent novels about wisdom, but if they don't know how to "be" that, it means zilch.
DEVORAH HENDERSON
"Intro: Wisdom is Not Copyrighted", Walking Kabbalah
It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.
GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG
"Notebook K", Aphorisms
A wise man who stands firm is a statesman; a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
ADLAI STEVENSON
attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes
Wisdom is oftimes nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
The Excursion
What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.
SRI AUROBINDO
Thoughts and Aphorisms
A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence.
DAVID HUME
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
Emile
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is safe.
BIBLE
Proverbs 28:26
The wise men were all fools, what to do?
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Last to Die", Magic
Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?
PLATO
Charmides
The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon