Famous Quotes About wisdom

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box.

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.