Wisdom Quotes

"Wisdom is knowing the difference between knowledge and understanding."

"The world is made of stories, not atoms."

"The greatest problem in living is that we do not know that we do not know."

"The fundamental error is to treat concepts as if they were things."

"The mind that is not open to new information is already dead."

"The medieval mind was not inferior, merely different."

"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."

"Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you."

"The future belongs to those who understand the present in the context of the past."

"To understand the present, one must understand the myths by which people live."

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

"The future will not be determined by those who have the most weapons but by those who have the most wisdom."

"The more we know about the past, the less certain we become about the future."

"The most profound changes in consciousness occur not through instruction, but through experience."

"The way to do is to be."

"The young make assumptions about life that their elders have learned to question."

"The greatest insights often come from those living on the margins of society."

"The modern world demands that we cultivate both rational thought and emotional intelligence."

"Intergenerational dialogue is essential for the survival of any society."

"A truly global perspective requires humility about our own knowledge."

"We live in a time of unprecedented access to information and unprecedented confusion about meaning."

"In times of rapid change, the young often understand the future better than the old."

"Every custom, however strange it may appear, serves a purpose in the society that maintains it"

"What seems primitive to one culture is often sophisticated when understood in its own context"

"Tradition is not the worship of ashes but the preservation of fire"

"Customs that persist must fulfill some need, however obscure its origins may be"

"Each culture represents a unique experiment in how to live a human life"

"Every society solves the problem of human organization in different ways"

"The most important discoveries in anthropology are often the most obvious things, seen with fresh eyes"

"The study of culture teaches us that there are many ways to be human, and that is both humbling and liberating"