Wisdom
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Socrates (BC 469-BC 399) Greek philosopher of Athens
A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Epictetus (50-120) Greek philosopher.
A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.
Helen Rowland (1875-1950) American journalist and humorist.
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) American author and poet.
There is no wisdom save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only a few fragments of the boundless heights, breadths and depths of truth, have I been able to gather.
Martin Luther (1483-1546) German priest and scholar.
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) British logician and philosopher.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) British statesman and philosopher.
Understanding the limitations of human beings as well as understanding your own is the beginning of true wisdom.