Despair Quote by Will Durant

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

— Will Durant

Science can give us knowledge, but it cannot give us wisdom. Nor can religion, until it puts aside nonsense and distraction and becomes itself…

— Marilynne Robinson

Science is what we know, and philosophy is what we don't know.

— Bertrand Russell

Science has brought us power and ideas but not the wisdom or responsibility to handle them.

— Peter J. Carroll

Science and technology have freed humanity from many burdens and given us this new perspective and great power. This power can be used for…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Without wisdom, knowledge is either useless or destructive.

— Anonymous

Science at best is not wisdom; it is knowledge. Wisdom is knowledge tempered with judgment.

— Peter Ritchie Calder

It is true that neither the ancient wisdoms nor the modern sciences are complete in themselves. They do not stand alone. They call for…

— Thomas Merton

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

— Bertrand Russell

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

— Plato

“Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which…

— Jean Jaques Rousseau

Science is wisdom reduced to practice.

— Phineas Quimby