Wisdom

• To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. —Bertrand Russel
• Wisdom is learning what to overlook. —Will James
• Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living and the other helps you make a life. —Sandra Carey
• If Noah had been truly wise / He would have swatted those two flies. —H. Castle
• The wise man looks for what is within, the fool for what is outside. —Confucius
• One thing every woman knows but few men ever learn is that there are times when the only wise action is not to act but to wait. —Robert A. Heinlein
• Wisdom comes only through suffering. —Aeschylus
• The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. —Bible, Psalms 11:10
• Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. —Lord Alfred Tennyson
• It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. —Henry David Thoreau
• Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something. —Plato