Wisdom Quotes

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability. (Plautus)
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. View quote
Plautus
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. View quote
Jimi Hendrix
Wisdom is the most important part of happiness. View quote
Sophocles
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom. View quote
Menander
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. View quote
Aeschylus
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. View quote
Samuel Johnson
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. View quote
Plato
To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day. View quote
Laozi
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. (Socrates)
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. View quote
Ludwig van Beethoven
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. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
Every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit. View quote
Elbert Hubbard
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. View quote
Thomas Carlyle
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly. View quote
Samuel Johnson
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. View quote
Lin Yutang
All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope. View quote
Alexandre Dumas
Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold... View quote
Bob Marley
Turn your wounds into wisdom. View quote
Oprah Winfrey
Patience is the companion of wisdom. (Augustine of Hippo)
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. View quote
George Eliot
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. View quote
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. View quote
Marilyn vos Savant
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. View quote
Charles Spurgeon