Wisdom quotes

To aquire knowlege, one must study but to aquire wisdom one must observe.
-Marilyn Vos Savvant

A single conversation with a wise man is better than 10 years of study.
-Chinese Proverb

We become to love not by findinng a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
-Sam Keen

To teach is to understand. To learn is wisdom. To learn together is understanding wisdom.
-Sid Mendenhall

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don't quit.
-Conrad Hilton

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
-Georg.c Lichtenberg

A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance.
-Henry David Thoreau

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
-Naguib Mahfouz

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
-Norman Cousins

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