#wisdom

It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed "Wisdom." And then I know exactly what is going to follow: "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#chapter #come #culture #every #exactly

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. ↗

— Edward Young

#down #drop #estates #may #must

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

#ceases #grave #itself #laugh #other

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#bid #does #enter #his #house

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#acts #idle #infinitely #knowledge #little

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#before #bow #children #cry #does

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#anew #conquer #day #each #earned

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered. ↗

— Graham Greene

#comes #curiosity #morality #sad #sense

I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity. ↗

— Peter Hammill

#believe #continue #contrary #given #homogeneity

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#exhibit #machines #possess #thing #wisdom