Wisdom

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

The wisest is he that knows only that he knows nothing.

Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat: he stores up a lot of poison.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

We all have to take defeats in life.

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.

To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over and over again, but expecting a different result.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

A fool learns from experience. A wise man learns from the experience of others.

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

I don't try to jump over 7 foot bars, I look around for 1 foot bars that I can step over.

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.