Wisdom Quotes

"The person who has not suffered, what does he know anyway?"

"The roots of virtue run deeper than those of vice."

"Wisdom grows in the garden of experience."

"Youth will always be foolish, age foolish too, but less foolish than youth."

"The heart cannot exult unless the mind is also satisfied."

"The measure of a man's intelligence is his ability to change."

"The majority is always wrong."

"Wisdom comes from experience, not age."

"Knowledge without wisdom is like a sword in the hands of a fool."

"Every person has a story worth telling, if only we take time to listen."

"Wisdom grows not from answers but from better questions asked."

"Talent is a great gift, but the very greatest gift is the ability to recognize talent in others."

"The world has weapons of mass destruction, but no weapons against mass stupidity."

"The sick man must have a doctor, or he will die."

"The path of suffering is the path to enlightenment."

"I have taught myself to live simply and wisely, to look at the sky and pray to God, and to wander long before evening to tire my superfluous flesh."

"I always knew that a moment would come when words fail you."

"The most important skill is knowing how to listen."

"The silence between words says more than the words themselves."

"The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed"

"It is quite true what philosophy says, that life must be understood backwards. But then one forgets the other saying, that it must be lived forwards."

"Whoever is willing to become a fool for the truth shall become wise."

"Resignation is the beginning of wisdom; action is its completion."

"I have been wrong many times, but never thoughtlessly."

"The young believe themselves immortal; the old know they are not."

"The truth may be bitter, but it is always better than a sweet lie."

"We must learn to see the sacred in the ordinary moments of daily life."

"In the quietest moments, we often hear our most important truths."

"Wisdom comes not from having all answers, but from knowing the right questions."

"The majority is always wrong about the present and right about the past."