Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face 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. Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face 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
I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men. I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men. Eric Clapton
But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue for ever, and never have an end. But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue for ever, and never have an end. John Jewel
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. Horace
The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness. The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness. Jean Cocteau
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man. No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man. John Selden
Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. Joey Adams
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. Epicurus
Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth. Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth. Keith Miller
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Francis of Assisi
Ask Elizabeth is a community of voices, it's not me standing on a podium telling people how to run their lives, it's girls helping each other sharing their wisdom and advice and I create a space for them to do it. Ask Elizabeth is a community of voices, it's not me standing on a podium telling people how to run their lives, it's girls helping each other sharing their wisdom and advice and I create a space for them to do it. Elizabeth Berkley
If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom. If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom. Leo Strauss
It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance. It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance. Harold S. Geneen
I love being. There's so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn't it great just being? I love being. There's so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn't it great just being? Gwyneth Paltrow
The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason. The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason. Hal Borland
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. Josh Billings
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles
The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery. The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery. David Brainerd
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government. In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government. Thomas Carlyle
It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will be the century of biology. It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will be the century of biology. Freeman Dyson
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. 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
The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in. The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in. Wilson Mizner
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. Erica Jong
In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind. In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind. Kenichi Fukui
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Josh Billings
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation. Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation. William Butler Yeats
Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart. Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart. William Dean Howells
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Albert Einstein
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. George Eliot
