Quotes by Wisdom A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. Henry David Thoreau surfacewisdomgold There is more wisdom in your body than in your best wisdom. And who then knows why your body needs precisely your best wisdom? Friedrich Nietzsche bodywisdomneeds It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It was because she seized the right moment to impart knowledge that made it so pleasant and acceptable to me. Helen Keller wisdombeautifulteacher It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear. Henry David Thoreau wisdomtruthfunny We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. Henry Ward Beecher distancewisdomleadership All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. Henry David Thoreau wisdomwisemen The problem of abolishing want is not a problem in division, as the politicians so often aver; it is a problem of multiplication. Henry Wriston divisionpoliticswisdom Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and is lending oneself to the universal illusion without becoming its dupe. Henri Frederic Amiel common-senserisingwisdom A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. Herb Caen cuttingwisdommen Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wisdominspirationallife Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise. Heraclitus wisdomwisemen Without doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built. Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel wisdomdoubtreligion There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation. Herbert Spencer ignorancewisdomscience Knowledge, to become Wisdom, needs Judgment. Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel judgmentwisdomneeds No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy. Herbert Spencer diversitywisdomwise The most beautiful ape is ugly when compared to a human. The wisest human will seem like an ape when compared to a god with respect to wisdom, beauty, and everything else. Heraclitus respectwisdombeautiful Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. Henry Ward Beecher naturewisdomhappiness Gold is the most useless thing in the world. I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is merely a symbol. Henry Ford useless-thingswisdomgold You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face. Herman Edwards wisdomsuccesscharacter You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. Herbie Hancock wisdompracticeknowledge«7475767778798081828384»
