Samuel Taylor Coleridge on wisdom

To know, to esteem, to love⁠—and then to part,
Makes up life’s tale to many a feeling heart!

My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.

In many ways doth the full heart reveal
The presence of the love it would conceal.

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.