Wisdom

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life
- Sandra Carey

The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom
- Anatole France

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it
- David Star Jordan

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom
- Unknown

All true wisdom is found on T-shirts
- Unknown

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened
- Unknown

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions
- Naguib Mahfouz

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too self-full to seek other than itself
- Kahlil Gibran

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it
under his feet
- James Oppenheim

More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly
- Woody Allen

Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference
- Saint Francis of Assisi

Patience is the companion of wisdom
- Saint Augustine

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hath mastered
- Blavatsky

The study of history is the beginning of political wisdom
- Jean Bodin

Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner
- General Bradley

Some of the waiters discuss the menu with you as if they were sharing wisdom picked up in the Himalayas
- Seymour Britchky

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him
- Buddha

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance
- Thomas Carslyle

These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future
- Vernon Cooper

A hint to the wise is sufficient, but a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
- Unknown

Dont cry because it's over, smile because it happened
- Unknown

Significance is the bewilderment of yesterday.
- Milt Gusoff

With one wish we wake the will within wisdom With one will we wish the wisdom within waking
- Dead Can Dance