Wisdom Quotes

"To know the eternal is to transcend the temporal."

"Wisdom lies in knowing what not to desire."

"All apparent evil is but illusion born of ignorance."

"We must learn to see through illusion to truth."

"The wise man knows himself to be a fool, but the fool thinks himself wise."

"Wisdom dwells in the hearts of the humble."

"Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"The wise person looks at death and laughs at it, for they understand it is merely a change in form, not an ending."

"The nearer people come to perfection, the more sense they have of their defects."

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

"To be wise, one must first know one's ignorance."

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

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom."

"He who would be constant in prosperity and in adversity should be wise."

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."

"Know thyself."

"When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings."

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

"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books."

"Human virtue consists essentially in the choice of a mean relative to us."

"In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom."

"The gods approve of no virtue more than prudence."

"We should be much more careful about the integrity of our thoughts than about our words."

"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated enough to reason incorrectly."

"The greatest thing in the world is the ability to live in uncertainty."

"I esteem it the chief point of wisdom to distinguish between things worthy and unworthy of our care."

"A wise man never loses anything if he has himself."

"To abstain from judgment about an uncertain matter is the height of wisdom."

"The great and glorious masterpiece of man is knowing how to live to purpose."