Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
We live in a culture that doesn't acknowledge or validate human intuition and doesn't encourage us to rely on our intuitive wisdom.
Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom.
Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment.
Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
Only people who lack wisdom would say that a project should be pursued even if it leads to wanton destruction of forests.
Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.
Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a middle-aged person. The further you get from childhood and the experience of the teenage years, the greater the danger of losing that wellspring.
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.
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box.
My father lived life to the fullest, even though it was cut short at a young age in 1962. He was known for his intelligence, wit, wisdom, a wonderful sense of humour, a great personality, and a genuine goodwill towards all.
Of all the many leaders I have met in the course of my life, none made a deeper impression on me than Nelson Mandela. His courage, compassion, humility and wisdom were without parallel on the world stage, and he himself was an enduring source of inspiration.
Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.
As a youngster, I used to try to pick up any bits of wisdom about the guitar I could. It's not like now where you have books and books about every aspect of anything. Any little pearl of wisdom was welcome back then.
You had hoped that smarter creatures would be wiser ones.