Top 457 Wisdom Quotes

Except for the grace of God, I would be nobody - and that grace is the opposite of merit - human labour, education or human wisdom.

I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel.

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

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

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

You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.