“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).” Mark Twain
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Socrates
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” Albert Einstein
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.” Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” Rumi
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens” Jimi Hendrix
“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.” Maya Angelou
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.” Voltaire
“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.” H.L. Mencken
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” Socrates
“Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.” Thomas Jefferson
“It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.” George R.R. Martin
“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” Francis Bacon, The Essays
“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.” Jean Jacques Rousseau
“It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!” Robert T. Kiyosaki
“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door” Milton Berle
“Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.” Carl Gustav Jung
“In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn.”Octavia Butler
“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.” Galileo
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