Famous Quotes About wisdom

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

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.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.

I love being. There's so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn't it great just being?

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.