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What is wisdom?
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ~Immanuel Kant
Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold. ~Bob Marley
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. ~Benjamin Franklin
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. ~Napoleon Bonaparte
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. ~William Wordsworth
I’m not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it’s like relaxing into – and an acceptance of – things. ~Tina Turner
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. ~Akhenaton
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. ~Hermann Hesse
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. ~Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope. ~Alexandre Dumas
The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ~Socrates
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do. ~Charles Stanley
For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. ~Thomas J. Watson
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. ~Horace
Wisdom is a sacred communion. ~Victor Hugo
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk. ~Doug Larson
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Man’s wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy. ~William Temple
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. ~Sophocles
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. ~Josh Billings
Wisdom alone is true ambition’s aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. ~Alfred North Whitehead
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. ~William Cowper
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. ~John Cheever
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one’s being. ~Orison Swett Marden
Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. ~Doug Larson
Knowledge vs Wisdom
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad. ~Brian O’Driscoll
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. ~Charles Spurgeon
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ~Immanuel Kant
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more. ~William Cowper
Best wisdom quotes
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. ~Hermann Hesse
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. ~Lao Tzu
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. ~Confucius
Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don’t live in the shadows of people’s judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom. ~Amitabh Bachchan
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. ~Benjamin Franklin
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. ~Jim Rohn
There is only a finger’s difference between a wise man and a fool. ~Diogenes
Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching. ~Satchel Paige
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. ~Buddha
A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence. ~Pythagoras
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. ~John Muir
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. ~Audrey Hepburn
We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. ~Marcel Proust
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Short wisdom quotes
Wisdom begins in wonder. ~Socrates
Honesty is the best policy. ~Benjamin Franklin
Commitment is an act, not a word. ~Jean-Paul Sartre
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. ~Francis Bacon
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. ~Jimi Hendrix
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The pine stays green in winter… wisdom in hardship. ~Norman Douglas
Memory is the mother of all wisdom. ~Aeschylus
Be happy. It’s one way of being wise. ~Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. ~Napoleon Bonaparte
When in doubt, don’t. ~Benjamin Franklin
Be as you wish to seem. ~Socrates
No one wants advice – only corroboration. ~John Steinbeck
I praise loudly. I blame softly. ~Catherine the Great
Turn your wounds into wisdom. ~Oprah Winfrey
Kisses are a better fate than wisdom. ~e. e. cummings
Once you label me you negate me. ~Soren Kierkegaard
A loving heart is the truest wisdom. ~Charles Dickens
It is better to rust out than wear out. ~Edwin Markham
It isn’t what you do, but how you do it. ~John Wooden
Funny wisdom quotes
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. ~Charles Caleb Colton
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought. ~William Osler
He was a wise man who invented beer. ~Plato
Always keep your love life, bank account and next move private.
Never make eye contact while eating a banana.
I never make the same mistake twice. I make it three four times, you know. Just to be sure!
Wisdom quotes about life
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you. ~John Wooden
The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension… Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence. ~Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken. ~D. H. Lawrence
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. ~Reinhold Niebuhr
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. ~Lucille Ball
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
More life lessons quotes
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. ~Edith Wharton
But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion. ~Sylvia Plath
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Wisdom quotes about love
A loving heart is the truest wisdom. ~Charles Dickens
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. ~Honore de Balzac
I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don’t just want to possess it, it will find you. ~Maya Angelou
Who is wise in love, love most, say least. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. ~Samuel Johnson
The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don’t just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it. ~Hugh Jackman
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Wisdom quotes about God
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~Reinhold Niebuhr
When you’re young, you wonder what all these old people are droning on about, trying to impart their wisdom. It’s not relevant to you because being young is such a specific thing. Thank God for that. Thank God for the young people who go out and demonstrate against rampant capitalism or whatever. ~Helen Mirren
You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life. ~Ravi Zacharias
Start with God – the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. ~King Solomon
Wisdom quotes about work
Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching. ~Satchel Paige
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity. ~Calvin Coolidge
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. ~John Steinbeck
Wisdom quotes about family
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. ~Buddha
Don’t ask for a million dollars. Ask for the stuff that’ll get you a million dollars – your health, your brain, your sanity, wisdom. Prepare me for when I do get that million. Make sure I don’t go crazy, make sure I help my family.
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. ~Lao Tzu
Wisdom quotes about marriage
I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom. ~John Barrymore
What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children. ~William Blake
Wisdom quotes about success
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. ~James Allen
Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future. ~Dale Turner
Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct – a gift of knowing without reasoning… Belief is ignited by hope and supported by facts and evidence – it builds alignment and creates confidence. Belief is what sets energy in motion and creates the success that breeds more success. ~Angela Ahrendts
Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. ~Euripides
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. ~Albert Einstein
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. ~Jim Rohn
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim. ~John D. Rockefeller
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. ~Samuel Smiles
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