Wisdom Quotes - Page 2

Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing. Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power. Experience is tolerance; but tolerance, when it is induced by apathy, is not in the least a virtue.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.

To embrace the whole world in friendship is wisdom. This wisdom is not changeable like the flowers that bloom and fade.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.

If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

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

The price of wisdom is innocence. So, I have definitely become wiser but sadly a little less innocent.

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

Appearances are often deceiving.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.