We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
The way a woman carries herself and the way she dresses ought to promote the following types of words: modesty, discretion, wisdom, beauty, elegance and refinement, but not sensuality, luxury, extravagance.
I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
I think it’s nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It’s a fair exchange.
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.
Don’t ask for a million dollars. Ask for the stuff that’ll get you a million dollars – your health, your brain, your sanity, wisdom. Prepare me for when I do get that million. Make sure I don’t go crazy, make sure I help my family.
We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.
Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.
I have devoted my life to uncertainty. Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity.
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom.
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Know what’s important and what isn’t. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don’t, and the courage to stop those who won’t.
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
