Wisdom Quotes - page 3

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. (Henry David Thoreau)
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. View quote
Norman Cousins
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. View quote
Robert Frost
To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom. View quote
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment. View quote
Morihei Ueshiba
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. View quote
Joseph Stiglitz
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. View quote
Robert F. Kennedy
The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion. View quote
Hermann Hesse
I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. View quote
Hippolyte Taine
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. View quote
John Cheever
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. (Bertrand Russell)
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. View quote
James A. Garfield
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. View quote
Reinhold Niebuhr
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. View quote
Reinhold Niebuhr
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? View quote
T. S. Eliot
The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom: no clock can measure. View quote
William Blake
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. View quote
H. L. Mencken
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. View quote
Benjamin Disraeli
Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies. View quote
Josh Billings
They must change who would be constant in happiness and wisdom. View quote
Confucius
Wisdom begins in wonder. (Socrates)
I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture. View quote
Susan Orlean
Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. View quote
John Updike
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich. View quote
Evelyn Waugh
Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST. View quote
Frank Zappa
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