Wisdom Quotes by Authors
Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.
Keith Miller – American Author
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
George Eliot – British Author
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
John Burroughs – American Author
Quotes of Wisdom by Philosophers
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
Socrates – Greek Philosopher
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Socrates – Greek Philosopher
Wisdom begins in wonder
Socrates – Greek Philosopher
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
Plato – Greek Philosopher
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
Friedrich Nietzsche – German Philosopher
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell – British Philosopher
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom
Francis Bacon – English Philosopher
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
Confucius – Chinese Philosopher
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.
Thomas J. Watson – American Businessman
Wisdom Quotes by Monk /Saint
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
Swami Vivekananda – Indian Monk
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint Augustine
Famous personalities Quotes on Wisdom
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God’s gift, that’s why we call it the present.
Joan Rivers – American Comedian
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
Wilson Mizner – American Dramatist
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
George Bernard Shaw – Irish Dramatist
Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.
Bob Marley – Jamaican Musician
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
Jimi Hendrix – American Musician
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
Charles Dickens – English Novelist
A loving heart is the truest wisdom
Charles Dickens – English Novelist
Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
Sophocles – Greek Poet
Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.
Euripides – Greek Poet
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
Thomas Jefferson – American President
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Benjamin Franklin – American Politician
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Theodore Isaac Rubin – American Psychologist
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
H. L. Mencken – American Writer
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Bob Marley – Jamaican singer-songwriter