Wisdom Quotes

A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.

Lord John Russell

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

Laurence Sterne

If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom.

Leo Strauss

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.

Lord Salisbury

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Lao Tzu
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Lao Tzu

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

Leonardo da Vinci

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.'

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Around '93, '94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years.

Marc Andreessen

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

Marcus Aurelius

Every silver lining has a cloud.

Mary Kay Ash

To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.

Minna Antrim

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

Wisdom

I always want to be a messenger, a person that, you know, that's not afraid to pass on wisdom.

Mary J. Blige

When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.

Mayim Bialik

What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom.

Marcia Cross

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.

Mason Cooley

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

Michelangelo

Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have $50 for a bus ticket out of town. If we want to learn something from this disaster, the ...

Michael Eric Dyson