WISDOM QUOTES VI

quotations about wisdom

We disgrace wisdom when we would strive to support it with folly.

EDWARD COUNSEL

Maxims


In much wisdom is much grief.

BIBLE

Ecclesiastes 1:18


The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.

JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY

"Rules of the Road"

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Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom.

DAN BROWN

Angels & Demons

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Wisdom is the never-failing granary of thought.

EDWARD COUNSEL

Maxims


A wise man who stands firm is a statesman; a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

ADLAI STEVENSON

attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes

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Even when we lose our way, wisdom never leaves us. And when we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that our relationship with and faith in wisdom is all we need to live a life rich with meaning, purpose, and joy, it gets simpler.

MICHAEL NEILL

"The Hedgehog of Wisdom", Huffington Post, January 14, 2016


The wise man is but a clever infant spelling letters from a hierographical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity.

THOMAS CARLYLE

attributed, Day's Collacon

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Wise men know each other.

EDWARD COUNSEL

Maxims


If you desire to be wiser yet, think yourself not yet wise.

WELLINS CALCOTT

Thoughts Moral and Divine


It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.

GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG

"Notebook K", Aphorisms

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The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Poor Richard's Almanack, 1746

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Wisdom is the lost property of the believer.

MUHAMMAD

Muhammad: The Last Prophet


We have all met people who seek wisdom so they can wear it like a lecturer wears his robes, clear proof that they "know" more than others. But spirituality is not about "having" more knowledge. It is about "being". A person can write eloquent novels about wisdom, but if they don't know how to "be" that, it means zilch.

DEVORAH HENDERSON

"Intro: Wisdom is Not Copyrighted", Walking Kabbalah


Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

King Lear

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My wisdom has long accumulated like a cloud, it becomes stiller and darker. So does all wisdom which shall one day bear lightnings.

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Wisdom is oftimes nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

The Excursion

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Better to be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

AESOP

"Juno and the Peacock", Aesop's Fables

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He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is safe.

BIBLE

Proverbs 28:26


What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.

SRI AUROBINDO

Thoughts and Aphorisms