quotations about wisdom
Wisdom is the never-failing granary of thought.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
We disgrace wisdom when we would strive to support it with folly.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
ENNIUS
attributed, De Officii
He that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom.
DAN BROWN
Angels & Demons
In much wisdom is much grief.
BIBLE
Ecclesiastes 1:18
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
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
Wise men know each other.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
Wisdom is oftimes nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
The Excursion
Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
King Lear
Wisdom is the lost property of the believer.
MUHAMMAD
Muhammad: The Last Prophet
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
Emile
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
My wisdom has long accumulated like a cloud, it becomes stiller and darker. So does all wisdom which shall one day bear lightnings.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
If you desire to be wiser yet, think yourself not yet wise.
WELLINS CALCOTT
Thoughts Moral and Divine
The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1746
What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.
SRI AUROBINDO
Thoughts and Aphorisms
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
Better to be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
AESOP
"Juno and the Peacock", Aesop's Fables