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.

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.

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

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.