No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. Erica Jong
My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me. Katherine Heigl
Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. Alfred North Whitehead
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. Norman Cousins
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. Elizabeth Gaskell
I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things. Tina Turner
Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise. Paul Engle
The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it. Frederick William Robertson
The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. Christopher Lasch
I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that. Vera Wang
Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue. James Buchan
Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. Cyril Connolly
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. Julian Casablancas
If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. Holly Near
After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society. Eliot Spitzer
I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth. Barry White
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. Herman Hesse
Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. John Updike
The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. John Updike
As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life. Joseph Prince