Wisdom Quotes

"There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another."

"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well."

"The senses are easily deceived, but the intellect is not."

"The human body is composed of bones, flesh, and blood, but the mind is composed of thought."

"The soul is so intimately present to the body that it cannot be separated."

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"The principal use of prudence is to help us understand what to do and what to avoid."

"The body is merely the instrument of the mind."

"The mind is the measure of all things."

"The greatest wisdom is to know what we do not know."

"Knowledge without virtue is a dangerous thing."

"Whoever knows himself knows his Lord."

"The cure for ignorance is to question, to read, and to reflect."

"Knowledge is a trust from God; use it wisely."

"The heart remembers what the mind forgets."

"Silence is golden; speech is silver."

"The wise person learns from the mistakes of others."

"The wise person speaks little and listens much."

"When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it."

"To understand the world, one must first understand oneself."

"Knowledge without application is like a tree without fruit."

"A person of wisdom knows both what to do and what not to do."

"A moment of true thought is worth a lifetime of idle dreaming."

"The greatest wealth is wisdom; the greatest poverty is ignorance."

"Action without thought is like a ship without a captain."

"The improvement of the mind as well as the body is necessary for the constitution of society."

"Wonder is the seed of knowledge, but too much wondering without thought leads nowhere."

"Excess of zeal for the wrong things is the root of many sorrows."

"As the mind finds itself capable of conceiving ideas, so does it begin to form society."