Explore Quotes on Wisdom

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.

Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed 'Wisdom.' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'

The limits of my language means the limits of my world.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.