Wisdom Quotes

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Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma. Now I, joyfully… — Gautama Buddha
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus… — Gautama Buddha
Wisdom is merely the movement from fighting life to embracing it. — Rasheed Ogunlaru
When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean. — Linji Yixuan
Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences. — Plato
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. — Plato
The wisest have the most authority. — Plato
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet… — Plato
And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and… — Plato
The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Power helpeth our infirmity in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Life ends our deadness in… — Leonard Ravenhill
Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love. — Gautama Buddha
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth… — Akhenaton
He has existed only, not lived, who lacks wisdom in old age. — Publilius Syrus
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong. — Sophocles
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man. — Xenophanes
Women never use their intelligence, except when they need to prop up their intuition. — Jacques Deval
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find… — Socrates
Wisdom and power follow endurance and patience. — Muhammad
A miracle is nothing more or less than this. Anyone who has come into a knowledge of his true identity, of his oneness with the… — Ralph Waldo Trine
Strings of coincidence can strengthen us in the determination to follow our deepest intuitions even when they run counter to conventional wisdom and logic and… — Robert Moss

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