Inner Wisdom Quotes

Quotes on Wisdom

Sore laborers have hard hands and old sinners have brawny consciences.
- Anne Bradstreet
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
- Anne Bradstreet
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
- Jimi Hendrix
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
- Lao Tzu
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.
- Confucius
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
It is better to be a fool than to be a deceiver.
- Zadie Smith
The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.
- Warren Buffett
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.
- Charlie Munger