Experience Quote by Edith Wharton

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.

— Walter Benjamin

“An active moral life cannot be evolved except where people are free to express their feelings and act upon the insights of conscience.”

— George Dennison

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of…

— Thomas Huxley

Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.

— J. G. Holland

A bulging portfolio of spiritual experiences matters little if it does not have the power to sustain us through the inevitable moments of grief,…

— Jack Kornfield

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

— John Buchan

Is there any such thing as wisdom not applied to life?

— Henry David Thoreau

Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience.

— David Bentley Hart

Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.

— Barry Schwartz

Wisdom is learned through experience, and sometimes experience is hard and bitter.

— Leo Sayer

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

— Lord Byron