Quotes About Wisdom

Quotes About Wisdom

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”

 Maurice Switzer

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
William Shakespeare

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
 Mark Twain

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
 Aristotle

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
 Socrates

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
Isaac Asimov

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.”
 Jess C. Scott

“Never laugh at live dragons.”
 J.R.R. Tolkien

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
 John Lennon

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Aristotle

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
 Fran Lebowitz

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
 Oprah Winfrey

“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

“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
Martin Luther King Jr

“I'm not young enough to know everything.”
 J.M. Barrie

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
 Paulo Coelho

“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”
 Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
Albert Einstein

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