Wisdom Quotes

"Not all that counts can be counted, and not all that can be counted counts."

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

"In each of us there is a little voice that knows which way to go. And if we are willing to listen to it, all will be well."

"The only path to wisdom is through persistent questioning and humble listening."

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking at which they were created."

"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."

"The content of a thought may have different kinds of parts."

"Abstraction is necessary for understanding."

"Sense determines reference."

"Logic governs all thinking."

"The senses deceive us, but logic does not."

"We must distinguish appearance from reality."

"Consistency is the hallmark of sound reasoning."

"Logical laws are laws of being, not merely of thinking."

"Precision in thinking demands precision in language."

"Every complex thought is composed of simpler thoughts."

"Understanding requires grasping the senses of expressions."

"The foundations of knowledge rest on logic alone."

"To think logically is to think truly."

"The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ought to be."

"Seek simplicity and distrust it."

"Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows."

"Seek simplicity; then distrust it."

"Thought is the great sanctuary of the soul."

"Doubt everything or believe everything; these are two equally convenient strategies. With either, we dispense with the need for reflection."

"The problems that we have are not solved by the same level of thinking that created them."

"The unconscious must work so the conscious may understand."

"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."

"The role of intuition in mathematics is often underestimated in our teaching."