Top 457 Wisdom Quotes

Critical in this process of wisdom being passed down is that you also need to take it in; you need to listen to it.

Critical in this process of wisdom being passed down is that you also need to take it in; you need to listen to it.

Andrew Zuckerman

Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.

Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.

Abbott L. Lowell

The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it.

The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it.

Apollonius of Tyana

Multicolored stones and paintings, walkways, and theaters are useless in a city unless it also contains wisdom and law. Such things are the subject of wisdom and law, not equivalent to them.

Multicolored stones and paintings, walkways, and theaters are useless in a city unless it also contains wisdom and law. Such things are the subject of wisdom and law, not equivalent to them.

Apollonius of Tyana

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

Alexander Pope

The tradition is a fence around the law; tithes are a fence around riches; vows are a fence around abstinence; a fence around wisdom is silence.

The tradition is a fence around the law; tithes are a fence around riches; vows are a fence around abstinence; a fence around wisdom is silence.

Akiva ben Joseph

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

Andrew Jackson

Who is wise in love, love most, say least.

Who is wise in love, love most, say least.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing. Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power. Experience is tolerance; but tolerance, when it is induced by apathy, is not in the least a virtue.

Ameen Rihani

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

Albert Einstein

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