wisdom quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also."
67
"The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing."
304
"There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe."
381
"A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all."
382
"To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity."
383
"The more a man has in himself, the less he will want from other people."
395
"The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know."
510
"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment."
516
"Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know."
538
"The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth."
546
"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment."
547
"If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place."
548
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you."
549
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
550
"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
551
"What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean."
570
"No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess."
571
"It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom."
580
"Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something."
586
"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal."
590
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
602
"Any fool can know. The point is to understand."
604
"Education is not the learning of facts, it’s rather the training of the mind to think."
605
"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."
649
"Conquer yourself rather than the world."
909
"Doubt is the origin of wisdom."
910
"It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived."
918
"At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions."
927
"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."
995
"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!"
1093
"I’m smart enough to know that I’m dumb."
1189
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt."
1194
"Truth is a process not a final destination. The former requires humility and curiosity. The latter dogmatic certainty. There’s always more nuance and wisdom to discover, through empathy and reason."
285
"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy."
362
"To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day."
511
"Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom."
629
"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."
633
"The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom."
727
"All false art, all vain wisdom, lasts its time but finally destroys itself, and its highest culture is also the epoch of its decay."
994
"What wisdom can you find greater than kindness."
1003