“One mark of a man’s true wisdom is his knowledge of his ignorance.”
It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.
—Sun Tzu
Sovereignty is but another name for the unlimited exercise of wisdom and goodness.
—John Newton
What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
—Thomas Jefferson
Do not sleep under a roof. Carry no money or food. Go alone to places frightening to the common brand of men. Become a criminal of purpose. Be put in jail, and extricate yourself by your own wisdom.
—Miyamoto Musashi
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
—Aristotle
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, & the world around us.
—Socrates
Wise men speak because they have something to say.
Fools because they have to say something.
—Plato
Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers of wisdom.
—Plato
Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.
—Heraclitus
No man was ever wise by chance.
—Seneca
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
—Seneca
Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.
—Heraclitus
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods!
—Plato
A good and wise person can be recognized by the fact that he considers others better and wiser than he is.
—Leo Tolstoy
Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
—Leonardo Da Vinci
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
—Plato
There is a wisdom of the head, and… there is a wisdom of the heart.
—Charles Dickens
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men.
—Plato
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
—Plato
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
—Plato
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
—Plato
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
—Socrates
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
—Socrates
Science is organized knowledge.
Wisdom is organized life.
—Immanuel Kant
Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something.
—Aristotle
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
—Aristotle
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
—Aristotle
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
—Aristotle