Sunday, December 27, 2009

Quotes on Wisdom

1. A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew-Herb Caen.

2. By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. -Confucius.

3. Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge

4. It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf- Walter Lippmann

5. We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. -George Bernard Shaw

6. Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. - Tom Wilson

7. Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. - Doug Larson

8. Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
-Confucius

9. Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how ot do it, and Virtue is doing it.- David Starr Jordan

10. To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.- Elbert Hubbard

11. One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything-GEORG C. LICHTENBERG

12. Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it-GEORGE SANTAYANA

13. Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.-IMMANUEL KANT.

14. 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.-LIN YUTANG

15. The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.
-MARK TWAIN.

16. You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions-NAGUIB MAHFOUZ

17. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something
-PLATO.

18. It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it-SAM LEVENSON

19. Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.-THEODORE RUBIN.

20. He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.-TRYON EDWARDS

21. Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers-Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892)

22. Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
-Abigail Van Buren

23. The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret
nothing.
- Somerset Maugham

24. Wisdom is divided into two parts: (a) having a great deal to say,
and (b) not saying it.

25. Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

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