Wisdom Quotes

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

~ John Milton

Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

~ Anton Chekhov

When in doubt, choose to live.

~ Terry Pratchett

Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species. I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.

~ Carl Sagan

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

~ Alexander Pope

When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding.

~ L.m. Montgomery

Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity.

~ Brian Rathbone

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

~ Hippolyte Taine

But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.

~ Paulo Coelho

I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief... I'm not in the business of offending people. I find the books upholding certain values that I think are important, such as life is immensely valuable and this world is an extraordinarily beautiful place. We should do what we can to increase the amount of wisdom in the world.]

~ Philip Pullman

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

~ Louisa May Alcott

In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of thecat, although in this case there were three determinate states the catcould be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.

~ Terry Pratchett

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil.

~ Edgar Allan Poe

When you're in a Slump,you're not in for much fun.Un-slumping yourselfis not easily done.

~ Dr. Seuss

You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness.

~ Terence Mckenna

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures, but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot.

~ Mark Twain

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know muchJust remember two main rules for the beginning:You better starve, than eat whateverAnd better be alone, than with whoever.

~ Omar Khayyám

He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.

~ Tad Williams

Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom.

~ William Jordan

The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest.

~ Patrick Jones

Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.

~ Harry Truman

He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

~ Rick Riordan

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

~ William Blake

I do not know everything, still many things I understand.

~ Madeleine L'engle

A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human wisdom.

~ Robert A. Heinlein

Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.

~ Joe Abercrombie

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.

~ Black Elk

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

~ Clarence Darrow

Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.

~ Rick Riordan

Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.

~ Arthur C. Clarke

I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become.

~ Robin Jones Gunn

Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,So men against their willLearn to practice moderation.Favours come to us from gods.

~ Aeschylus

Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?

~ Eckhart Tolle

I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK ABOUT YOU.THE BEST YOU CAN DO IN LIFE IS NOT PISS YOURSELFOFF.

~ Megan Mccafferty

Many have died, you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.

~ Kabir

Peace is not happenstance. It is a living fire that must be fed constantly. It must be tended to with vigilance, else it dies out.

~ Libba Bray

You'll never reach perfection because there's always room for improvement. Yet get along the way to perfection, you'll learn to get better.

~ Hlovate

And I despise your books, I despise wisdom and the blessings of this world. It is all worthless, fleeting, illusory, and deceptive, like a mirage. You may be proud, wise, and fine, but death will wipe you off the face of the earth as though you were no more than mice burrowing under the floor, and your posterity, your history, your immortal geniuses will burn or freeze together with the earthly globe.

~ Anton Chekhov

Time ripens all things, no man is born wise.

~ Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.

~ Plato