Arthur Conan Doyle on wisdom

Ten years now go further than a thousand then, not so much on account of our finer intellects as because the light we have shows us the way to more.

Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!

It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.

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.