Quotes about Wisdom
Educated men are as much superior to uneducated men as the living are to the dead.
— Aristotle
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
— Aristotle
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is Nature's way.
— Aristotle
A man married to the right woman will be happy. A man married to the wrong woman will be a philosopher.
— Aristotle
Let us be well persuaded that everyone of us possesses happiness in proportion to his virtue and wisdom, and according as he acts in obedience to their suggestion.
— Aristotle
Philosophy is the science which considers truth.
— Aristotle
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
— Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
— Aristotle
Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.
— Aristotle
There are two answers to every question - God's answer and everybody else's - and everybody else is wrong when they disagree with him.
— Tony Evans
If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess.
— Mortimer Adler
Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.
— Dolly Parton