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Monday, November 01, 2010

Wisdom Quotes


  • Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it,
    and virtue is doing it.

  • A wise old owl sat on an oak;
    The more he saw the less he spoke;
    The less he spoke the more he heard;
    Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

  • A wise man makes his own decisions,
    an ignorant man follows public opinion.

  • By three methods we may learn wisdom:
    first, by reflection, which is noblest;
    second, by imitation, which is easiest;
    and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.

  • Knowing others is intelligence;
    knowing yourself is true wisdom.
    Mastering others is strength;
    mastering yourself is true power.

  • Wisdom is not a product of schooling
    but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
                                                               -Albert Einstein
  • Wise men speak because they have something to say;
    Fools because they have to say something.

  • The truest greatness lies in being kind,
    the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

  • The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting;
    by doubting we come to the question,
    and by seeking we may come upon the truth.

  • I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
                                                                       -Abraham Lincoln

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