Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. Khalil Gibran
Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. Aristotle
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. Plato
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. Aristotle
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche
Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without. Henry David Thoreau
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? T. S. Eliot
The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. Robert Frost
Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made. Bill Cosby
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. Charles Spurgeon
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. Plato
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. Robert Kennedy
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. Oprah Winfrey
No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will. Barack Obama