Wisdom


Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past. Wisdom is of the future.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

Experience is the mother of wisdom.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

It takes wisdom to be confused.

All human wisdom is summed up in two words: wait and hope.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living and the other helps you make a life.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

There are periods when to dare, is the highest wisdom.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

Silence is a fence around wisdom.

A wise man learns from the mistakes of others; a fool by his own.

True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.

The price of wisdom is above rubies.

Read books, listen to tapes, attend seminars Ethey are decades of wisdom reduced to invaluable hours.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Science at best is not wisdom; it is knowledge. Wisdom is knowledge tempered with judgment.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

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

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

Wisdom is learning from all your experience, which means maybe you don't make the same mistakes over and over again. And you're more tolerant.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

In common and trivial matters we may act without motive, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom.

Everything you do has secondary consequences. Considering secondary consequences is the hallmark of wisdom and the basis of all civilization.

Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.

Knowing others is wisdom. Knowing the self is enlightenment.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Proverbs are the wisdom of nations.

Knowledge is power. Proper application of it is wisdom.

Wisdom cannot be taught. It can only be learned.

Wisdom without morality is like a ring without a gem.





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