Quotes about wisdom
"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."— Aesop
"Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own."— Aesop
"It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters."— Aesop
"When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself."— The Buddha
"Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle hard to win."— The Buddha
"Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good."— The Buddha
"The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what's pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false."— The Buddha
"Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity."— The Buddha
"One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble."— The Buddha
"Some do not understand that we must die, But those who do realize this settle their quarrels."— The Buddha
"Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever's not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet."— The Buddha
"The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world."— The Buddha
"Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame."— The Buddha
"Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal."— The Buddha
"He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin."— The Buddha
"Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves."— The Buddha
"They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed."— The Buddha
"If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across? – The Buddha"— The Buddha
"'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill."— The Buddha
"'All conditioned things are impermanent' — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering."— The Buddha
"Should someone do good, let them do it again and again. They should develop this habit, for the accumulation of goodness brings joy."— The Buddha
"Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit."— The Buddha
"Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas."— The Buddha
"Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone."— The Buddha
"Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing."— The Buddha
"There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires."— The Buddha
"Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course."— The Buddha
"Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure."— The Buddha
"It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse."— The Buddha
"Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing."— The Buddha
"Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things."— The Buddha
"One should train in deeds of merit—generosity, a balanced life, developing a loving mind—that yield long-lasting happiness."— The Buddha
"A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing."— The Buddha
"All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill."— The Buddha
"The thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by others. Since I dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on someone else?"— The Buddha
"As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed."— The Buddha
"Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, upon hearing which one attains peace."— The Buddha
"It's a good thing to be satisfied with what one has."— The Buddha
"To support mother and father, to cherish partner and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing."— The Buddha
"As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse."— The Buddha
"Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another."— The Buddha
"Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings."— The Buddha
"Meditate … do not delay, lest you later regret it."— The Buddha
"Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes."— The Buddha
"All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind."— The Buddha
"A noble one produces an abundance of merit by having a compassionate mind towards all living beings."— The Buddha
"Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth."— The Buddha
"A wise person should be urgently moved on occasions that make for urgency."— The Buddha
"'As I am, so are they; as they are, so am I.' Comparing others with oneself, do not kill nor cause others to kill."— The Buddha
"I do not dispute with the world; rather it is the world that disputes with me."— The Buddha
"We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by lovingkindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it."— The Buddha
"Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering."— The Buddha
"You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way."— The Buddha
"Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people."— The Buddha
"If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows them like a never-departing shadow."— The Buddha
"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable."— Seneca the Younger
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."— Abraham Lincoln
"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."— Abraham Lincoln
"When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion."— Abraham Lincoln
"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues."— Abraham Lincoln
"We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out."— Winston Churchill
"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."— Confucius
"You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims."— Harriet Woods
"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men."— Confucius
"With age comes wisdom and a high sex drive. And the wisdom to enjoy it."— Amber Valletta
"When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective."— George Marshall
"Make it your habit not to be critical about small things."— Edward Everett Hale
"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."— Laozi
"Some people thrive on huge, dramatic change. Some people prefer the slow and steady route. Do what's right for you."— Julie Morgenstern
"With age comes wisdom and a high sex drive. And the wisdom to enjoy it."— Amber Valletta
"Make it your habit not to be critical about small things."— Edward Everett Hale
"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration."— Ansel Adams
"The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds."— John F. Kennedy
"He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened."— Laozi
"Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom."— Phyllis Grissim-Theroux
"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself."— Kahlil Gibran
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment."— Will Rogers
"Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking."— H. Jackson Brown Jr.
"Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it."— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours."— Richard Bach
"Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue."— Edith Wharton
"We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely."— Frank Abagnale
"If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?"— Confucius
"Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good."— The Buddha
"When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way."— Morihei Ueshiba
"The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure."— William Blake
"Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship."— Epicurus
"If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum."— Holly Near
"The day of fortune is like a harvest day, we must be busy when the corn is ripe."— Torquato Tasso
"We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We're connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness are at an all-time high. We must course-correct."— Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey
"The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind."— Kahlil Gibran
"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."— Arthur Conan Doyle
"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common."— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care."— William C. Menninger
"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."— Basil of Caesarea
"We respect our elders. There is wisdom that comes from experience, and I am not going to stop learning from wise counsel."— Marcia Fudge
"Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom."— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."— Mahatma Gandhi
"Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace."— The Buddha
"When you see a good person, think of becoming like him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points."— Confucius
"In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you."— Janet Jackson
"Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without."— Henry David Thoreau
"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."— Eleanor Roosevelt
"It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary."— Richard Whately
"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."— Henry van Dyke Jr.
"One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him."— Laozi
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."— Mahatma Gandhi
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity."— Calvin Coolidge
"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."— Michael Jordan
"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom."— Plato
"What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part."— Christopher Reeve
"With age comes wisdom and a high sex drive. And the wisdom to enjoy it."— Amber Valletta
"Make it your habit not to be critical about small things."— Edward Everett Hale
"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration."— Ansel Adams
"The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds."— John F. Kennedy
"He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened."— Laozi
"Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom."— Phyllis Grissim-Theroux
"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself."— Kahlil Gibran
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment."— Will Rogers
"Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking."— H. Jackson Brown Jr.
"Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it."— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours."— Richard Bach
"Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue."— Edith Wharton
"We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely."— Frank Abagnale
"If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?"— Confucius
"Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good."— The Buddha
"When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way."— Morihei Ueshiba
"The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure."— William Blake
"Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship."— Epicurus
"If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum."— Holly Near
"The day of fortune is like a harvest day, we must be busy when the corn is ripe."— Torquato Tasso
"We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We're connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness are at an all-time high. We must course-correct."— Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey
"The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind."— Kahlil Gibran
"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."— Arthur Conan Doyle
"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common."— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care."— William C. Menninger
"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."— Basil of Caesarea
"We respect our elders. There is wisdom that comes from experience, and I am not going to stop learning from wise counsel."— Marcia Fudge
"Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom."— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."— Mahatma Gandhi
"Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace."— The Buddha
"When you see a good person, think of becoming like him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points."— Confucius
"In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you."— Janet Jackson
"Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without."— Henry David Thoreau
"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."— Eleanor Roosevelt
"It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary."— Richard Whately
"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."— Henry van Dyke Jr.
"One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him."— Laozi
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."— Mahatma Gandhi
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity."— Calvin Coolidge
"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."— Michael Jordan
"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom."— Plato
"What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part."— Christopher Reeve
"That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing."— Martin Luther King Jr.
"The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being."— Jane Wyman
"Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others"— The Buddha
"By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one made pure."— The Buddha
"Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"— George Eliot
"I think that we have a great opportunity to impart our wisdom and our knowledge and our experience to this younger generation. It may be different times, but experience transcends time, and wisdom transcends time."— Victoria Osteen
"No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise."— Barack Obama
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."— Laozi
"The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove oneself a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed."— Nathaniel Hawthorne
"If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence."— Laozi
"Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom."— The Buddha
"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."— Thomas Jefferson
"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!"— Walter Scott
"In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by."— Lucille Ball
"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them."— Epictetus
"I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done."— Lucille Ball
"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."— Kahlil Gibran
"The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it."— Hugh Jackman
"You should ignore that person’s impure behavior by way of speech and body, and focus on the fact that they get an openness and clarity of heart from time to time. That’s how to get rid of resentment for that person."— The Buddha
"Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous."— Confucius
"If you are bitter, you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash, and you can get blown away by the wind. There is much more wisdom in forgiveness."— Vusi Mahlasela
"Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous."— Confucius
"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool."— Francis Bacon
"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."— Benjamin Franklin
"What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens."— Ellen Glasgow
"The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it."— Reinhold Niebuhr
"Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom."— Sam Walton
"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad."— Brian O'Driscoll
"Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit."— Elbert Hubbard
"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us."— Marcel Proust
"I, too, do not envision a doctrine of self the clinging to which there would not arise sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair."— The Buddha
"Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom."— Anatole France
"The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become."— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago."— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture."— Susan Orlean
"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."— Laozi
"To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best."— Margaret Thatcher
"Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom."— Charles Spurgeon
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."— Nelson Mandela
"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."— Franklin D. Roosevelt
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."— Laozi
"I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being."— Confucius
"All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope."— Alexandre Dumas
"Don’t sacrifice your own welfare for that of another, no matter how great. Realizing your own true welfare, be intent on just that."— The Buddha
"Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?"— Confucius
"There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart."— Charles Dickens
"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."— Audrey Hepburn
"Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'"— Bill Bradley
"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone."— Pablo Picasso
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance."— Bernard Shaw
"I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom."— Anatole France
"The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own."— Laozi
"Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom."— Plato
"If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself."— Rollo May
"It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life."— Elizabeth Kenny
"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err."— Mahatma Gandhi
"Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm."— Pope Paul VI
"If we are not given the chance to forget, we are also not given the chance to recover our memories, to alter them with time, perspective, and wisdom. Forgetting, we can be ourselves beyond what the past has told us we are; we can evolve. That is the possibility we want from the future."— Caterina Fake
"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."— Archimedes
"The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress."— Confucius
"To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly."— Samuel Johnson
"The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others."— Don Shula
"The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention."— John Burroughs
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."— Laozi
"It is the quality of our work which will please God, not the quantity."— Mahatma Gandhi
"Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar."— William Wordsworth
"All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man."— Henry David Thoreau
"Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom."— Rumi
"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."— G. K. Chesterton
"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
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."— Ludwig van Beethoven
"The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness."— Laozi
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge."— Daniel J. Boorstin
"Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or airplane or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone."— John Burroughs
"Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don't, and the courage to stop those who won't."— Mark Goulston
"Heedfulness is the path to the Deathless. Heedlessness is the path to death. The heedful die not. The heedless are as if already dead."— The Buddha
"To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous."— Confucius
"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."— Bernard Shaw
"Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher."— Confucius
"Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation."— Robert Schuller
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."— Isaac Asimov
"The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while."— Albert Einstein
"All phenomena are preceded by the mind, created by the mind, and have the mind as their master."— The Buddha
"Do I speak at the right time, or not? Do I speak of facts, or not? Do I speak gently or harshly? Do I speak profitable words or not? Do I speak with a kindly heart, or inwardly malicious?"— The Buddha
"The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions."— Confucius
"When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self."— Confucius
"Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh."— Francis of Assisi
"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."— The Buddha
"Meditation brings wisdom, lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back and choose the path that leads to wisdom."— The Buddha
"Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity."— Robert Louis Stevenson
"Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act."— Dr. Seuss
"Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again."— John McCain
"But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint."— Edmund Burke
"The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are."— John Burroughs
"The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work."— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."— Abraham Maslow
"I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others."— Confucius
"Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions."— Yoko Ono
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."— Will Rogers
"It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end."— Leonardo da Vinci
"Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech."— Plutarch
"I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise."— John Keats
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."— The Buddha
"Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance."— Francis of Assisi
"It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it."— John Steinbeck
"Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values."— Sidney Hook
"Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning, and which permeates all heaven."— Laozi
"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."— Confucius
"There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money."— Benjamin Franklin
"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark."— Michelangelo
"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."— Isocrates
"Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life."— Lord Byron
"The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends."— Friedrich Nietzsche
"Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise."— Samuel Johnson
"It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things."— Henry David Thoreau
"The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage."— Confucius
"And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm."— Rowan Williams
"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?"— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."— Marilyn vos Savant
"Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love."— Mahatma Gandhi
"The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out."— Walter Benjamin
"Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster."— Avery Brooks
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."— Confucius
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems."— Mahatma Gandhi
"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy."— Friedrich Nietzsche
"Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?"— Friedrich Nietzsche
"Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom."— Will Durant
"To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom."— Confucius
"Let us revere, let us worship, but erect and open-eyed, the highest, not the lowest; the future, not the past!"— Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Before we acquire great power, we must acquire wisdom to use it well."— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."— Swami Vivekananda
"Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech."— Benjamin Franklin
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present."— Joan Rivers
"A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments."— Ezra Stiles
"Wisdom often times consists of knowing what to do next."— Herbert Hoover
"Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men."— Confucius
"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant."— Horace
"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it."— Laozi
"The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days."— Laozi
"To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it."— Wilson Mizner
"Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment."— Morihei Ueshiba
"I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose."— John F. Kennedy
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."— Confucius
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."— Laozi
"Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient opportunity in the pursuit of happiness, your population will develop its talents, its intellect, its better judgment; that over time its capacity for discernment and self-correction will be enlarged."— Ben Fountain
"Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken."— Laurence J. Peter
"Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live."— Robert F. Kennedy
"The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom."— Aristotle
"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."— John Wooden
"Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain."— Kahlil Gibran
"Everyone in the world ought to do the things for which he is specially adapted. It is the part of wisdom to recognize what each one of us is best fitted for, and it is the part of education to perfect and utilize such predispositions. Because education can direct and aid nature but can never transform her."— Maria Montessori
"Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life."— Hermann Hesse
"He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty."— Laozi
"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks."— John Muir
"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."— Henry Ward Beecher
"Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it."— Aristotle
"What is past is left behind. The future is yet unreached. Whatever quality is present, clearly see it right there."— The Buddha
"As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life."— Joseph Prince
"Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use."— Thomas J. Watson
"At the center of your being, you have the answer; you know who you are, and you know what you want."— Laozi
"Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves."— Mahatma Gandhi
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."— George S. Patton
"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy."— Anton Chekhov
"I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals."— The Buddha
"Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts."— The Buddha
"And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace."— Michelle Obama
"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."— Plato
"I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability."— Confucius
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."— Mahatma Gandhi
"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."— John F. Kennedy
"Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one."— Diogenes
"I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain."— Oprah Winfrey
"The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness."— Jean Cocteau
"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."— Aeschylus
"The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation."— Isaac D'Israeli
"You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear."— Sammy Davis Jr.
"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning."— Laozi
"Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice."— Anton Chekhov
"With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings."— Ezra Taft Benson
"In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head."— Arthur Schopenhauer
"Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it."— Colin Powell
"The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth."— Peter Abelard
"Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense."— Julian Casablancas
"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present."— Laozi
"You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is."— Will Rogers
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."— Judy Garland
"All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small."— Laozi
"It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag."— Donald Trump
"The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion."— Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out."— Iris Murdoch
"Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue"— Confucius
"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action."— Confucius
"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."— Isocrates
"To have much learning and skill, to be well-trained in discipline, and good in speech — this is the highest blessing."— The Buddha
"A single lamp may light hundreds of thousands of lamps without itself being diminished."— The Buddha
"People usually compare the computer to the head of the human being. I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom. And data is the knowledge."— Masayoshi Son
"It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf."— Walter Lippmann
"Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more."— William Cowper
"Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them."— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity."— John F. Kennedy
"Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control."— Martin Luther King Jr.
"When you see a man of worth, think of how you may emulate him. When you see one who is unworthy, examine yourself."— Confucius
"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."— John Wooden
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."— Lewis Carroll
"You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life."— Ravi Zacharias
"We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything."— Blaise Pascal
"Respect should be earned by actions, and not acquired by years."— Frank Lloyd Wright
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."— Thomas Edison
"If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink."— Sophocles
"Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do."— Dhammapada
"Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you."— Wayne Dyer
"The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil."— Cicero
"Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun."— Franz Grillparzer
"A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation."— Molière
