Wisdom Quotes

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

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

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

The highest form of wisdom is kindness.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Proverbs are the people's wisdom.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

Wisdom does not come overnight.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . . it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair . . . in short, the period was so far like the present period . . . .

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Beauty Passes, wisdom remains.

The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom...for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.