Motivational Quotes

Wisdom

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.

- Aurelius, Marcus

Best Quotes about Wisdom

True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.

Bouton, E. S.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.

Edmund Burke

He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.

Epictetus

The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.

Proverb, German

The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lay down on some seaweed and roll around in it until he's completely draped in it. Then he'll stand up and go hey, I'm Vine Man.

Handey, Jack

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.

Aurelius, Marcus

Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge shall every room be filled with precious and pleasant riches.

Bible

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

Brecht, Bertolt

10.

The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

11.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

12.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

Nietzsche, Friedrich

13.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

Franklin, Benjamin

14.

Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

15.

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur; the ocean immensity and change. Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes, -- every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. Even the bee and ant have brought their little lessons of industry and economy.

Marden, Orison Swett

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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

17.

When you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you life in the wisdom of the Self.

Bhagavad Gita

18.

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

Socrates

19.

Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences.

Plato

20.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Menander

21.

It is not wise to be wiser than necessary.

Quinault, Philippe

22.

Some men are wise, and some are otherwise.

Smollett, Tobias G.

23.

Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.

Evangel

24.

Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning.

Evans, Bergen

25.

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Phaedrus

26.

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.

Freud, Sigmund

27.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it, thou art a fool.

Azai, Rabbi Ben

28.

It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.

Levenson, Samuel

29.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Titus Maccius Plautus

30.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

James Boswell

31.

The wisdom of a learned man comet by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. [Ecclesiasticus 38:25]

Bible

32.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

Socrates

33.

The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

34.

The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.

Carlyle, Thomas

35.

What a wonderful world this would be if there were as many wise people as there are clever people.

36.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Marcel Proust

37.

Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

Cato The Elder

38.

The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart.

Bhagavad Gita

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Wisdom overcomes fortune.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

40.

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

Aristophanes

41.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Russell, Bertrand

42.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

Plautus, Titus Maccius

43.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

Gabirol, Ibn

44.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.

Bible

45.

Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.

Buddha

46.

Timing, degree and conviction are the three wise men in this life.

Fitzhenry, R. I.

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Great men are the commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are wiser.

Carlyle, Thomas

48.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

Basho, Matsuo

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Many people might have attained wisdom had they not assumed they already had it.

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The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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