What Is Wisdom Quotes

If they say I am inconsistent let them say it, for it is true, because inconsistency is a part of living

A person of knowledge and power never goes out looking for battles. All their battles are within.

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.

Elderly men who are popular with young women usually lack wisdom.

Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.

I am convinced that companies should put staff first, customers second and shareholders third - ultimately that's in the best interest of customers and shareholders.

Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.

Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

Love is wiser than wisdom.

The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.

When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.

To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.

Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.

Do not seek praise. Seek criticism.

Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom.

Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

While hard data may inform the intellect, it is largely soft data that generates wisdom.

In humility alone lies true greatness, and knowledge and wisdom are profitable only in so far as our lives are governed by them.

What a recovery of the wisdom of the Mother brings to all of us is the knowledge of inseparable connection with the entire creation and the wise, active love that is born from that knowledge.

Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That’s the beginning of wisdom.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

Where knowledge ends... feeling and imagination begin.

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

It is the path of least resistance that makes rivers and men crooked.

Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it's truth that prevails.

God's wisdom is not, and never was, pledged to keep a fallen world happy, or to make ungodliness comfortable.

The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.

Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

The loser, when a game of dice is done, remains behind reviewing every roll sadly, and sadly wiser, and alone.

The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.

The first beginnings of wisdom...is to ask questions but never to answer any.

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain.

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.

The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.

My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow-men.

Confusion and impotence are the inevitable results when the wisdom and resources of the world are substituted for the presence and power of the Spirit.

When we learn to say a deep, passionate yes to the things that really matter, then peace begins to settle onto our lives like golden sunlight sifting to a forest floor.

Contrary to popular wisdom, knowledge is not power-it's potential power. Knowledge is not mastery. Execution is mastery. Execution will trump knowledge every day of the week.

Beware of ignorance when in motion; look out for inexperience when in action, and beware of the majority when mentally poisoned with misinformation, for collective ignorance does not become wisdom.

When you’re truly connecting with wisdom, the more you learn, the more you realize the less you know.