The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow. William Osler on wisdom
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face. Venerable Bede on wisdom
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense. Henry Miller on wisdom
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom. Bodhidharma on wisdom
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare! Homer on wisdom
In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. Thomas Huxley on wisdom
Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. James Madison on wisdom
Teach you children poetry it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary. Walter Scott on wisdom
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. Joseph Addison on wisdom
One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. John Kenneth Galbraith on wisdom
The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events. John Kenneth Galbraith on wisdom
The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. William Hazlitt on wisdom
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. William Hazlitt on wisdom
Much wisdom often goes with fewest words. Sophocles on wisdom
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles on wisdom
The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. George Santayana on wisdom
He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care. William Penn on wisdom
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. Lin Yutang on wisdom
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. William Wordsworth on wisdom
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way. Sophocles on wisdom