Robert Fulghum on wisdom

The devil made me do it the first time, and after that I did it on my own.

I don’t think the thing is to be well known, but being worth knowing.

Live a balanced life — learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Socrates470–399 BC

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucius551–479 BC

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we
understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.