Wisdom Quotes

"A problem well put is half solved."

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."

"The quality of a person's thinking is often in direct proportion to the quality of the questions they ask."

"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than closed by belief."

"To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day."

"Genuine education means learning how to perceive and respond to the world more adequately."

"The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts."

"The wise man doesn't give the right answer, he possesses the right questions."

"The most important part of wisdom is knowing the limitations of knowledge."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time."

"True morality does not consist in following rules but in being adapted to circumstances."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of truth."

"Reason without passion is an incomplete human faculty."

"The measure of all things human is humanity itself."

"Wisdom is the knowledge of things both human and divine."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"Wisdom teaches us to value what is truly valuable."

"It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual."

"Avoid sorrow by shunning its causes."

"Prejudice, it is not to be wondered at, has had a powerful hold on men."

"The wise man does not quarrel with fate, but adjusts himself to it."

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas and still function."

"Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve."

"Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."

"The art of living well consists in knowing when to defer and when to advance."

"Wisdom is seeing clearly without the distortions of prejudice."

"It is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied."

"Those who know themselves to be profound strive less to be thought so."

"I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical questions."