Robert Louis Stevenson on wisdom

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

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.