Inner Wisdom Quotes

Quotes on Wisdom

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
- Theodore Roosevelt
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
- Henry David Thoreau
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
- Isocrates
And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm.
- Rowan Williams
The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
- Confucius
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
- Marilyn vos Savant
Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.
- Avery Brooks
The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
- Lucretius