This quest is as old as Socrates. Acquiring knowledge is no guarantee of practical, useful application. Wisdom implies a mature integration of appropriate knowledge and a seasoned ability to filter the inessential from the essential.
“Wisdom Is A Sacred Communication” Victor Hugo
Search this website to find well known and practical quotes of wisdom from the wise, accomplished and respected minds of the ages.
Quotes:
- “Patience is Companion of Wisdom” Saint Augustine
- “Wisdom, Compassion, and Courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man” Confucius
- “It requires Wisdom to understand Wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf” Walter Lippmann
- “Some folks are Wise and some Otherwise” Tobias Smollett
- “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing” Socrates
- “There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.” Charles Dickens
- “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions” Oliver Wendell Holmes
- “By these methods we may learn wisdom; First, by reflection, which is the noblest; Second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and Third, by experience, which is the bitterest.” Confucius
- “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything” Mark Twain
- “Accomplishments will prove to be a journey not a destination” Dwight Eisenhower
- “Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.” Albert Einstein
- “Content makes Poor Men rich; discontentment makes Rich Men Poor.” Benjamin Franklin
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