Quotes on “wisdom”

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

He who binds to himself a joyDoes the winged life destroy;But he who kisses the joy as it fliesLives in eternity's sun rise.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.

You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not towisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.

Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept.

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

...Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven.

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.