The best Quotes and Sayings about Wisdom

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

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

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom.

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

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

The older I get, the more I realize that age doesn't bring wisdom.

I'm strong, because I've been weak.
I'm fearless, because I've been afraid.
I am wise, because I've been foolish.

The beginning of wisdom's always showing respect for wisdom.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that!
Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.