Quotes on Knowledge Wisdom

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.