quotations about wisdom
The sun of the mind, and the life of the heart is Wisdom.
She is pure and full of light, crowning grey hairs with lustre,
And kindling the eye of youth with a fire not its own.
MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER
Proverbial Philosophy
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
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is safe.
BIBLE
Proverbs 28:26
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
In much wisdom is much grief.
BIBLE
Ecclesiastes 1:18
Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn.
CHARLES DE LINT
"The Forest is Crying", The Ivory and the Horn
Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.
CICERO
The Academic Questions: Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations of M. T. Cicero
The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.
JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY
"Rules of the Road"
The wise man is but a clever infant spelling letters from a hierographical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity.
THOMAS CARLYLE
attributed, Day's Collacon
The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom.
DAN BROWN
Angels & Demons
The wise men were all fools, what to do?
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Last to Die", Magic
We disgrace wisdom when we would strive to support it with folly.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
Wise men know each other.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence.
DAVID HUME
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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
When wisdom leaves the house folly enters it.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
King Lear
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
The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1746