wisdom Quotes

Teaching is the highest form of understanding.

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.

They who are to be judges must also be performers.

Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it.

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.

The true value of life comes from being aware and thinking deeply, not just surviving.

It's best to leave life like a guest leaving a feast, neither wanting more nor having had too much.