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A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot

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A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of

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There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart.

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough t

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It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisd

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Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom anothe

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Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our p

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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

No man was ever wise by chance.

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No man was ever wise by chance.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doin

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Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom

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Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what

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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

When I can look Life in the eyes, Grown calm

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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.

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when

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Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well

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A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.

He dares to be a fool, and that is the

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He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.

If wisdom and diamonds grew on the same tree we c

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If wisdom and diamonds grew on the same tree we could soon tell how much men loved wisdom.

We can be Knowledgeable with other men's knowledg

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

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

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Patience is the companion of wisdom.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man kn

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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that scie

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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man

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The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool..

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