Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
Khalil Gibran
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet.
William Gibson
I don't think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your own life.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.
Edward Everett Hale
We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.
Robert Hall
All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward.
Johann Georg Hamann
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Gary Hamel