Emily Dickinson on wisdom

Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need to know of hell.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul⁠—and sings the tunes without the words⁠—and never stops at all.

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

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.