Wisdom Quotes

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You must enshrine in your hearts the spiritual urge towards light and love, Wisdom and Bliss! — Sathya Sai Baba
Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered. — H. P. Blavatsky
It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned… — Carl von Clausewitz
Of all whose words I have heard, no one attains to this, to know that wisdom is apart from all. — Heraclitus
Knowledge can be communicated, but wisdom cannot. — Hermann Hesse
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next. — Herbert Hoover
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. — Lactantius
It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral. — D. H. Lawrence
It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary. — Unknown Author
A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. — Henry David Thoreau
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom. — Mark Twain
A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom when he can no longer be led by the nose. — Mark Twain
To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know. — Horace Walpole
Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart… — Aeschylus
What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences… — J. William Fulbright
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind.… — Gautama Buddha
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk… — Gautama Buddha
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. — Socrates
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. — Gautama Buddha
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. — Socrates

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