Wisdom quotes

Learn at least this: What you are capable of.

Let nothing stand in your way.

- Tony Kushner -

Wisdom is the supreme part of

happiness.- Sophocles -

Knowledge is indivisible. When

people grow wise in one direction, they are sure

to make it easier for themselves to grow in

other directions as well. - Isaac Asimov -

The true delight is in the finding out,

rather than the knowing.

- Isaac Asimov -

A mind that is stretched by a new idea never returns

to its original dimension.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes -

There is no purification in this

world equal to wisdom.

- from Bhagavad Gita -

The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the

blood of the martyr.

- Muhammad -

The brain is like a muscle.

When it is in use we feel very good.

Understanding is joyous.

- Carl Sagan -

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

- Marie Curie -

The beginning of knowledge is the

discovery of something we do not understand.

- Frank Herbert -

Knowledge speaks, but

wisdom listens.- Naguib Mahfouz -

You can tell whether a man is

clever by his answers. You can

tell whether a man is wise by his

questions.- Naguib Mahfouz -