Top 25 Quotations about Wisdom
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
一Aristotle
Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
一Albert Einstein
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
一William Shakespeare
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
一Truman Capote
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
一George Bernard Shaw
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
一Paulo Coelho
Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
一Paulo Coelho
Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver and gold.
一Bob Marley
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
一Socrates
Think before you speak. Read before you think.
一Fran Lebowitz
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
一Isaac Asimov
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
一Jimi Hendrix
Angry people are not always wise.
一Jane Austen
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
一Lao Tzu
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
一Leo Tolstoy
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
一John Lennon
Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
一Rick Riordan
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
一Albert Einstein
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
一Oprah Winfrey
The past has no power over the present moment.
一Eckhart Tolle
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
一Patrick Rothfuss
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
一Marilyn vos Savant
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
一Maya Angelou
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
一Aristotle
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
一Confucius
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
一Voltaire
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
一Rumi