Wisdom Quotes

9357 quotes by 2986 authors

As our knowledge is converted to wisdom, the door to opportunity is unlocked. — Barbara W. Winder
The more you know, the more unflinchingly you deny casual beliefs and Accepted Wisdom when it flies in the face of reality, the more carefully… — Harlan Ellison
Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel. — Buffy Sainte-Marie
Music is the medicine of the breaking heart. — Leigh Hunt
Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious… — Aaron Copland
Music is the key to the female heart. — Johann Gottfried Seume
Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands - a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There… — Sid Lovett
Some people are afraid of change and [feel] that getting older is a bad thing, but I really love maturing and gaining wisdom, and the… — Christina Aguilera
The main thing is to study pictures and stop listening to the pontifictaions of photographers. Photographers aren't oracles of wisdom. If they're good photographers, then… — Elliott Erwitt
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. — Edmund Burke
The true wisdom of the philosopher ought to insist in enjoying everything. Yet we apply ourselves to dissecting and destroying everything that is good in… — Eugene Delacroix
When I consider the multitude of associated forces which are diffused through nature - when I think of that calm balancing of their energies which… — Michael Faraday
Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is… — Mahatma Gandhi
Any teacher can study books, but books do not necessarily bring wisdom, nor that human insight essential to consummate teaching skills. — Unknown Author
Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old. — Confucius
Even the most scientific investigator in science, the most thoroughgoing Positivist, cannot dispense with fiction; he must at least make use of categories, and they… — Havelock Ellis
It can be tempting to blame others for our loss of direction. We get lots of information about life but little education in life from… — Bernie Siegel
Our "life education" has not necessarily taught us a satisfying way to live. We suffer from a vague sense that there must be something more,… — Shakti Gawain
We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge. We should not… — Chris Hedges
In classical understanding, education is the attempt to "lead out" from within the self a core of wisdom that has the power to resist falsehood… — Parker J. Palmer

Who Wrote These Wisdom Quotes

2,986 authors contributed a total of 9,357 Wisdom Quotes, led by these top contributors: