Quotes about Wisdom
The Way is not for, but from, man; if we take the Way as something superhuman, beyond man, this is not the real Way.
— Confucius
From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.
— Aldous Huxley
To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.
— Aristotle
Man's wonder grows with his knowledge.
— Charles Spurgeon
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
— Epicurus
A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought to derive profit from his sicknesses.
— Hippocrates
Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.
— Jim Rohn
Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the gods will ask nothing more.
— Marcus Aurelius
What can a man do to move along in some kind of grace through his days and years?
— William Saroyan
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
— Joseph Addison
The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
All men are ignorant, just in different fields.
— Albert Einstein