Degrees Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly.…

— ralph waldo emerson

People get wisdom from thinking, not from learning.

— Laura Riding

Wisdom lies in thinking. The spear-head of thinking is rationalism.

— Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

Thinking is the essence of wisdom

— Persian Proverb

Knowledge is available to most. Wisdom is oftentimes a practice among the minority. The world ain't always right. You know more than you think.…

— Bobby Compton

Wisdom is not a question of learning facts with the mind; it can only be acquired through perfection of living.

— Nilakanta Sri Ram

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical attitudes of thought in the young

— George Bernard Shaw

Let us, my dear contemporaries, arise above such narrow prejudices. If wisdom be desirable on its own account, if virtue, to deserve the name,…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Wisdom can be learned. But it cannot be taught.

— Anthony de Mello

Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress,…

— Bertrand Russell

Wisdom comes out of dialogue so you have to develop the capacity to expose your own ignorance in order that they may discover their…

— John B. Goodenough