Bloom Quote by Amor Towles

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

— Elizabeth Hardwick

Wisdom is not what comes from reading great books. When it comes to understanding life, experiential learning is the only worthwhile kind, everything else…

— Joan Erikson

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

— Horace

Literature is the garden of wisdom.

— James Ellis

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human…

— Erica Jong

Wisdom may be perennial, but to see its relevance we must see it lived out.

— Eknath Easwaran

“Before this generation lose the wisdom, one advice - read books.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Wisdom is not acquired by reading. Wisdom is what results when you incorporate this knowledge into your personal experience.”

— Jim Lawless

“You will never attain wisdom without walking on different streets, without talking to different people, without reading different books, in short, without meeting with…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Knowledge and book learning are not wisdom," said the captain. "Is this book wisdom?" asked Lucy, putting the manuscript back on the table. "It…

— R.A. Dick

There are many ways to seek wisdom. There is travel, there are masters, there is service. There is staring into the eyes of children…

— Kent Nerburn

And among academicians, and among spirits. I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. No doubt there…

— Philip Pullman