Quotes about Wisdom

Aesop

Fabulist, Storyteller

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

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Euripides

Playwright

Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven.

Heavens - Man - Wisdom - Yielding

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Socrates

Musician, Philosopher, Philosopher

Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?

Majority - Payment - Thinking - Wisdom

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Actor, Writer, Author

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

Wants - Wisdom

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Benjamin Disraeli

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

Age - Quotes - Wisdom

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Mahatma Gandhi

Lawyer, Politician, Civil Rights Activist

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

Politics - Violence - Wisdom

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Poet, Poet Laureate of the U.K.

the shell must break before the bird can fly.

Inspiration - Motivation - Possibility - Shy - Wisdom

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Nirmala Srivastava

I bow to all the seekers of truth. At the very outset, I have to say that truth is what it is. We cannot change it, we cannot transform it. We cannot compromise with it. It is what it is, it has been what it has been, and it will be what it has been. So it doesn't change. What is needed is that we have to change. So, what is the truth? Truth is that you are not this body, this mind; you are not these emotions, intellect or conditionings. Nor you are ego. So what are you ? You are the pure Spirit.

Compromise - Conditioning - Ego - Emotions - Love - Meditation - Mindset - Pure - Spirits - Wellness - Wisdom

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Nirmala Srivastava

Freedom is when you really get your own powers which are within you.

Love - Meditation - Spirits - Wellness - Wisdom

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Actor, Writer, Author

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.

Accident - Advantage - Fools - Man - Misfortune - Prejudice - Wisdom

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Democritus

Philosopher

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Countries - Diversity - Home - Man - Soul - Whole - Wisdom - World

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Kurt Vonnegut

Writer

America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves... It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters.

Criminal - Earth - Glory - Man - Mockery - Traditions - Virtue - Wisdom

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Dalai Lama, XIV

Leader of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism, Exiled Leader of Tibet

True spirituality is a mental attitude you can practice at any time.

Inspiration - Practice - Spiritual - Wisdom

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Socrates

Musician, Philosopher, Philosopher

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

Decision - Finding - Inspiration - Instinct - Kindness - Knowledge - Meaning - Poetry - Prophecy - Wisdom - Writing

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Lecturer, Philosopher, Poet

That you are fair or wise is vain, Or strong, or rich, or generous; You must have also the untaught strain That sheds beauty on the rose.

Generosity - Strength - Vanity - Wisdom

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Euripides

Playwright

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

Quiet - Wisdom

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William Shakespeare

Poet, Playwright, Actor

The why is plain as way to parish church: He that a fool doth very wisely hit Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob; if not, The wise man's folly is anatomiz'd Even by the squand'ring glances of the fool.

Fools - Man - Stupid - Wisdom

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Paulo Coelho

Writer, Novelist, Lyricist

Try to be "good", you'll be judged. Try to be yourself, you'll be criticized. Therefore, choose the second option. Evil uses the "nice good people" as puppets. It appears dressed as a poor guy, telling them that he needs help...When these people realize they have been used, it is already too late.

Help - Judging - People - Realization - Spiritual - Trial - Wisdom

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Dalai Lama, XIV

Leader of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism, Exiled Leader of Tibet

We are driven by self-interest, it’s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others’ interests into account. Co-operation comes from friendship, friendship comes from trust, and trust comes from kind-heartedness. Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.

Accounting - Drive - Exploitation - Generosity - Genuine - Interest - Kindness - Oneself - Operation - Wisdom

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Gautama Buddha

Monk, Sage, Philosopher, Teacher, Religious Leader

The wise say that it is not an iron, wooden or fiber fetter which is a strong one, but the besotted hankering after trinkets, children and wives, that, say the wise, is the strong fetter. It drags one down, and loose as it feels, it is hard to break. Breaking this fetter, people renounce the world, free from longing and abandoning sensuality.

Buddhism - Children - Feelings - People - Sensuality - Strength - Wisdom - World

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