Wisdom Quotes

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.

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.

I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!

What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It's all part of the suffocating spin cycle we're in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

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

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.

We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they won't put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie.

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules.

I actually think with age comes some level of wisdom.