Wisdom - Quotes
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
There’s no point explaining that all we achieve by exacting revenge is to make ourselves the equals of our enemies, whereas by forgiving we show wisdom and intelligence.
We can only know that we know nothing. And that`s the highest degree of human wisdom.
Wisdom, compassion and courage - these are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary.
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.