Wisdom Quotes

Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

We gain courage and wisdom from every instance in which we stop to look fear in the face

Fear wears so many clever disguises it is virtually impossible to always recognize it. Fear disguises itself as the need to be somewhere else, doing something else, not knowing how to do something or not needing to do something.

Wisdom is better than silver and gold.

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the despised and foolish things, help the poor, comfort the despised, and aid the neighbor in his need.

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.

True happiness is impossible without solitude.

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.