Wisdom Quotes

Wisdom is knowing what you don't know.

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.

When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

Wisdom adorneth riches and casteth a shadow over poverty.

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.

By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.