Wisdom Quotes

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

To advise is not to compel.

We are wiser than we know.

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

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

Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!

Don't ask for a million dollars. Ask for the stuff that'll get you a million dollars - your health, your brain, your sanity, wisdom. Prepare me for when I do get that million. Make sure I don't go crazy, make sure I help my family.