Quotes about wisdom
352 quotes from 209 people
- MSManuel J. Smith1934–2007Often credited to Socrates
Albert Einstein1879–1955Letter to Paul Ehrenfest, early December 1914. Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Vol. 8, Doc. 39. Quoted in The New Quotable Einstein by Alice Calaprice (2005), p. 3The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
A word to the wise ain’t necessary—it’s the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Unpopular Essays, An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish (1950).
Augustine of Hippo354–430De Patientia chapter 5
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931Khalil Gibran, in What Has Wisdom Got to Do with It?—365 Daily Wisdom Confessions and …, p. 85.Age does not always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.
Garrison Keillorborn 1942A Prairie Home CompanionWe are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
Aldous Huxley1894–1963“A Case of Voluntary Ignorance” in Collected Essays (1959)
