Wisdom Quotes

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But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word… — J.R.R. Tolkien
It is vital to remember that information - in the sense of raw data - is not knowledge, that knowledge is not wisdom, and that… — Arthur C. Clarke
I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I… — Laura Marling
Life has taught me one supreme lesson. This is that we mustâ€”if we are really to live at all, if we are to enjoy the… — Margaret Sanger
A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which… — Samuel Johnson
Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own. — Chinua Achebe
Thunder is no longer the voice of an angry god... No river contains a spirit... no snake the embodiment of wisdom, no mountain cave the… — Carl Jung
Yahweh [God] must become man precisely because he has done man a wrong. He, the guardian of justice, knows that every wrong must be expiated,… — Carl Jung
It quite often happens that the old man is subject to the delusion of a great moral renewal and rebirth, and from this experience he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger… — John Stuart Mill
Why be narrow-minded, why cut ourselves off from any of these rich heritages whenâ€¦ we have the freedom to make the most of the best… — Michael Chekhov
Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise — Euripides
Earth sounds my wisdom, and high heaven my fame. — Homer
I hate to sound self absorbed, but I'm just going to cast out this pearl of wisdom, if I could give the whole world cancer… — Thom Yorke
The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To… — Roger Zelazny
It's amazing how much 'mature wisdom' resembles being too tired. — Robert A. Heinlein
Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom. — Amos Bronson Alcott
After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem. — Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that… — Brian Jacques
It is important to understand that there are many different ways of seeing the world and expressing the wisdom of Native belief...No one voice speaks… — Joseph Bruchac

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