Wisdom Quotes

"It takes a wise man to discover a wise man."

"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."

"The wise man does at once what the fool does finally."

"Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone."

Horace

"The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil."

Cicero

"No man was ever wise by chance."

Seneca

"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself."

Kahlil Gibran

"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature."

"The false can never grow into truth by growing in power."

"Reading books, the whole world died, yet none became wise; whoever reads the two and a half letters of love becomes truly wise."

Kabir

"Do not ask the caste of a sage; ask his knowledge. Value the sword, and leave the sheath."

Kabir

"Whatever is heard, from whomever it is heard, to discern its true meaning is wisdom."

Thiruvalluvar

"Wisdom is a weapon that wards off destruction; it is an inner fortress no foe can breach."

Thiruvalluvar

"Those who have wisdom have everything; those without it, whatever they have, have nothing."

Thiruvalluvar

"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err."

"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence."

J. Krishnamurti

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."

"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows."

"Much learning does not teach understanding."

Heraclitus

"Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it."

"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers."

"The wisest men follow their own direction."

Euripides

"With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone."

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see."

Arthur Schopenhauer

"The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them."

Michel de Montaigne