Quotes about wisdom
wisdom heart judging
We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself. It seems, to judge from the argument, that the wisdom which we desire and upon which we profess to have set our hearts will be attainable only when we are dead and not in our lifetime. Socrates
wisdom gratitude greed
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
wisdom greek oracles
The Delphic Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone of all the Greeks know that I know nothing.
wisdom knowing littles
Wisdom is knowing how little we know.
wisdom people force
People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.
wisdom philosophy knowing-nothing
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
wisdom philosophy vain
Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy. John Milton
wisdom sleep thinking
And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.
wisdom dying sublimity
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. Norman Douglas
wisdom trying diagnosis
Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict. Norman Cousins
wisdom firsts principles
The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle. Norm MacDonald
wisdom folly
The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.
wisdom goal intelligence
I never cared who scored the goal, or which side won the silver cup. I never learned to bat or bowl; but I heard the curtain going up. Noel Coward
wisdom thinking age
I actually think with age comes some level of wisdom. Nina Totenberg
wisdom fall men
Roque...lined his men up and had them produce all the clothing, jewels, money, and other objects that they had stolen since the last time they had divided the spoils. Having made a hasty appraisal and reduced to terms of money those items that could not be divided, he split the whole into shares with such equity and exactitude that in not a single instance did he go beyond or fall short of a strict distributive justice. They were all well satisfied with the payment received, indeed they were quite well pleased; and Roque then turned to Don Quixote. Miguel de Cervantes
wisdom wicked virtue
Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.
wisdom nature science
Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small. Neil deGrasse Tyson
wisdom school students
When students cheat on exams, it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
wisdom data intuition
Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data. John Naisbitt
wisdom nature autumn
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. John Muir
wisdom folly
For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom. John Webster
wisdom haste hurrying
Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry. John Wesley
wisdom two understanding
Wisdom and understanding are synonymous words; they consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed. John Tillotson
wisdom appreciation real
The dignity to be sought in death is the appreciation by others of what one has been in life,... that proceeds from a life well lived and from the acceptance of one's own death as a necessary process of nature.... It is also the recognition that the real event taking place at the end of our life is our death, not the attempts to prevent it. Sherwin B. Nuland
wisdom moderation moderation-in-all-things
Moderation in all things. Terence
wisdom men wisest-man
The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.
wisdom humility learning
The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.
wisdom lying differences
In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.
wisdom heart intelligence
Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a chateau does to its owner. Nicolas Chamfort
wisdom fleas retarded
That woman doesn't have the sense God gave a retarded flea. Nora Roberts
wisdom grateful ignorance
To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge. Nicolaus Copernicus
wisdom giving silence
Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom. Myrtle Reed
wisdom acceptance lifetime
It seems to take a lifetime for us to learn that wisdom consists largely in a graceful acceptance of things that do not immediately concern us.