Wisdom Quotes

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
- Lin Yutang

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
- Ron Wild

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
- Juvenal, Satires

Giving advice is sometimes only showing our wisdom at the expense of others.
- Anthony Shaftesbury

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
- William Wordsworth

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
- Immanuel Kant

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
- W. R. Inge

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
- Tobias Smollett

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.
- Anonymous Author