Wisdom Quotes

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

It isn't what you do, but how you do it.

Plodding wins the race.

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

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.