Wisdom Quotes

"To see clearly, one must first learn to see past what one expects to see."

"Wisdom has never made a man wish to be less himself."

"I hate and fear stupidity; it strikes me from an unexpected direction."

"No man is exempt from saying silly things; the misfortune is to say them deliberately."

"The mind of a man is like a knife without a handle: easy to hurt oneself with it."

"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."

"The way to knowledge is through the door of humility."

"When you are old, you realize that plot counts for little compared to the author's usual competence."

"The most certain mark of wisdom is cheerfulness."

"A man is called wise who measures himself according to the truth."

"The press does not create truth; it merely makes it abundant."

"To understand the craft is to understand that all mastery begins with surrender."

"When I get a little money I buy books; if any is left I buy food and clothes."

"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

"Since the world began, no one has ever become wise by imitation."

"Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a preparation for death."

"Advice is judged by results, not by intentions."

"Humility is unfeigned lowliness of mind arising from true knowledge of ourselves and God."

"In dispute with the wise, be silent; the wise are never wrong."

"The pursuit of wisdom is a kind of madness that we must tolerate."

"The true knowledge of man is in the knowledge of his defects."

"The tongue is a wild beast; once it is let loose, it is difficult to get it back again."

"The scholar who refuses to admit error has ceased to be a true seeker of knowledge."

"A mind content with easy answers will never know the deep satisfaction of hard-won truth."

"To know oneself is to know the universe."

"Wisdom is knowing which questions to ask."

"Self-knowledge is the foundation of all wisdom."

"Understanding requires humility before the infinite."

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."

"Discretion is the greatest virtue, and indiscretion the greatest vice."