Wisdom Quotes

Were these boys in their right minds? Here were two boys with good intellect, one eighteen and one n...

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom...

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism a...

Writing about the unholy is one way of writing about what is sacred.

Sin can be forgiven, but stupid is forever.

If you're sad, add more lipstick and attack!

Wenn man noch nicht das Leben kennt, wie sollte man den Tod kennen.

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an o...

Wenn man noch nicht den Menschen dienen kann, wie sollte man den Geistern dienen können?

The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the ...

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes b...

Time flows away like the water in the river.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, ...

He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

Wenn du weißt, behaupte, dass du es weißt. Und wenn du etwas nicht weißt, gib zu, dass du es nicht w...

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

The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bi...

he who will not economize will have to agonize

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second...

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

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear.

One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things...

I am not one who was born with great wisdom. I love the ancients and diligently seek wisdom among th...

Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utt...

Even when walking in the company of two other men, I am bound to be able to learn from them. The goo...

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail...

You call forth the world which God has formed and that world only. Nor is this life of yours by whic...

I always felt called to serve, to empower and ennoble as many people as I could, teaching, truth-tel...

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.

To be a Christian - a follower of Jesus Christ - is to love wisdom, love justice, and love freedom.

People talk to old people like they're children.'Oh you're very old aren't you?' Yeah I'm old. I'm n...

Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary." If there is some point you haven't th...

there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it .

you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry

If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty...

A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still

There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when on...

Truth has power. And if we all gravitate toward similar ideas maybe we do so because those ideas are...

Before you can see the Light, you have to deal with the darkness.

Where are you? HereWhat time is it? NowWhat are you? This moment.

There are no ordinary moments.

The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is ...

Truth was something intangible, unseen, which sometimes we stumbled upon and did not recognize, but ...

What a wise person teaches is the smallest part of what they give. The totality of their life, of th...

So winners, Hae-Joo proposed, are the real losers because they learn nothing? What, then, are losers...

Sound an alarm! Advertising, not deals, builds brands.

Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise

Sometimes you have to break a rule to save the system.

In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benef...

When you make a choice, you change the future.

Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity.

Practice silence and you will acquire silent knowledge. In this silent knowledge is a computing syst...

Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic...

Never forget that you are not in the world; the world is in you. When anything happens to you, take ...

Meeting a stranger can be totally fleeting and meaningless, for example, unless you enter the indivi...

Don’t follow someone else’s map. You should glean teachings from all directions, keeping true to tho...

Healey’s First Law Of Holes: When in one, stop digging.

It would be pleasant to believe that the age of pessimism is now coming to a close, and that its end...

Given the unprecedented ignorance of the Bible in contemporary America, it is likely that more young...

Those who value wisdom know that when you give people something for nothing, you produce ungrateful ...

Who is the man who can speak to the strong?Where is the fool who can talk to the wise?Men who are de...

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not a...

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

A person is a person through other persons.None of us comes into the world fully formed. We would no...

one should never assume anything

Due to some dim but irresistible notion of the way things are, it is simply not possible, out of ord...

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.

None of us suffers as much as we should, or loves as much as we say. Love is the first lie; wisdom t...

It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or ...

If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks th...

But I give you my word, in the entire book there is nothing that cannot be said aloud in mixed compa...

In youth, it was a way I had,To do my best to please.And change, with every passing ladTo suit his t...

ur be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd bee...

One of the extraordinary things about life is the sort of places it's prepared to put up with living...

Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know ...

She thought about her life and how lost she’d felt for most of it. She thought about the way that al...

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

When you're in a Slump,you're not in for much fun.Un-slumping yourselfis not easily done.

Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Who can tell truth from falsehood any more?I say it, and you feel it in your hearts:no man or woman ...

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synth...

The past has no power over the present moment.

Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stilln...

Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to...

Where there is anger there is always pain underneath.

I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In t...

Philosophers have often held disputeAs to the seat of thought in man and bruteFor that the power of ...

To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.