Beautiful Words Of Wisdom Quotes and Words of Wisdom

We all need wisdom for our life. Here are some beautiful words of wisdom and wisdom quotes. They gathered from some of the most remarkable and learned people. Open your mind to these wise short quotes and wise words.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

Doug Larson

Editor: One of my favorite. Listening will bring you more wisdom. Be silent, no one will know you are ignorant.

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.

Confucius

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.

James Gibbons Huneker

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

William James

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Socrates

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Marcel Proust

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Marilyn vos Savant

If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

Akio Morita

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.

Ralph Marston

Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.

Lord Thomas Dewar

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Unknown

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.

Sandra Carey

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

George Bernard Shaw

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Marcel Proust

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

Benjamin Disraeli

When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

Michel de Montaigne

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

Chinese Proverb

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

Japanese Proverb

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

Thomas Browne

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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