Wisdom Quotes

"Reason is the only instrument of thinking."

"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."

"The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection."

"The realm of thought is itself always open to revision and improvement."

"Thinking is a very painful business."

"Tradition is the accumulated wisdom of experience."

"Whatever the label on the bottle, it must not be forgotten that the liquid is poison."

"The most important thing is to think for yourself."

"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous."

"The mind is the most powerful tool we possess."

"Knowledge is not a mirror held up to nature, but a construction built by human minds."

"What counts as evidence depends on what we already believe."

"What appears as simple facts are actually interpretations laden with theory."

"Our perceptions are shaped by the questions we bring to nature."

"Science is not about discovering what is; it is about constructing what we find useful."

"Anomalies become crises only when they are recognized and felt as problems."

"The scientist's world is not the world of common sense."

"What counts as important depends on the paradigm within which you work."

"The scientist lives within a web of theoretical commitments that shape perception."

"What seems rational is determined by the paradigm within which reason operates."

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

"In the real world, it is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true."

"In a sense all explanation is circular."

"To be conscious is to think in relations."

"Wisdom is the fruit of a lifetime of attention and curiosity."

"The healthy mind is neither rigid nor completely fluid."

"The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he possesses the faculty for understanding the questions."

"The passport to wisdom is humility."

"The search for patterns is the search for meaning."

"All cultures contain wisdom; all cultures have blind spots."