Wise Wisdom Quotes

• Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1838). “The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Preface. Formula fidei de ss. Trinitate. Nightly prayer. Notes on the book of common prayer; Hooker; Field; Donne; Henry More; Heinrichs; Hacket; Jeremy Taylor; The pilgrim's progress; John Smith. Letter to a godchild”, p.186

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• To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Positive, Wisdom

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.207, Penguin

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• All is well that ends well

  Emily Rodda

  Wise, Drama, Italian

  Emily Rodda (2008). “The Key to Rondo”, p.332, Scholastic Inc.

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• Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise - even in their own field.

  Isaac Asimov

  Wise, Wisdom, Knowledge

  "The Roving Mind". Book by Isaac Asimov. Chapter 25, 1983.

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• Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

  Albert Einstein

  Motivational, Success, Education

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.44, Princeton University Press

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• Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

  Doug Larson

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Wisdom, Witty, Clever

  Elbert Hubbard (1911). “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard”

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• We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Wise, Wisdom, Smart

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book I, Ch. 25, 1595.

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• Years teach us more than books.

  Berthold Auerbach

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

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• The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

  Solomon Ibn Gabirol

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

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• Find the journey's end in every step.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Journey, Steps, Ends

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1851). “Essays, lectures and orations”, p.192

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• The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.

  Alberto Giacometti

  Solitude, Listening, Age

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• When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.

  Sara Teasdale

  Life, Wise, Wisdom

  Sara Teasdale (1917). “Love Songs”

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• How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

  Homer

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

  Homer, René Le Bossu (1769). “The Odyssey of Homer”, p.49

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• Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

  Josh Billings

  Wise, Wisdom, Stupidity And Ignorance

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• Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.

  David Lloyd George

  Tree, Individual, Embrace

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• Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.

  Bertrand Russell

  Foolish Man, Wisest Man, Thought Provoking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What is it to be wise?
  'Tis but to know how little can be known,
  To see all others' faults, and feel our own.

  Alexander Pope

  Wise, Wisdom, Faults

  Alexander Pope (1850*). “The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton”, p.123

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• All's well that ends well.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Drama

  John Heywood (1867). “The proverbs and epigrams of John Heywood: with an app. of variations”, p.21

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• To live the greatest number of good hours is wisdom.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wisdom, Numbers, Hours

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Portable Emerson”, p.177, Penguin

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• Every wise man lives in an observatory.

  Augustus William Hare

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”

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• It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.

  Philippe Quinault

  Wise, Wisdom, Being Wise

  "Armide". 1686.

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• Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

  Tobias Smollett

  Sarcastic, Wise, Wisdom

  Tobias Smollett, Sir Walter Scott (1835). “Select works of Tobias Smollett ...: With a memoir of the life and writings of the author”, p.24

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.314, e-artnow

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