Wisdom Quotes

Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

An evolved soul wise and whole it is my life purpose to be.

Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.

The shell must break before the bird can fly.