Wisest Quotes

A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.

We must get away from this limited *I did this and I did that* and the self-centeredness, that dominates our society Today. It must be a privilege to serve members of society. Not that we want rewards or medals or honor for what we do, because it is just an honor to do it, if you cannot work for that, than you missed the boat. You don’t understand the teachings of the wisest men ever lived.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

The wisest man is he who can account for his actions.

He is the wisest who seeks God. He is the most successful who has found God.

Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom.

It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.

A child can ask a thousand questions that the wisest man cannot answer.

Wisest is he who knows he knows not.

Democracy can't work. Mathematicians, peasants, and animals, that's all there is - so democracy, a theory based on the assumption that mathematicians and peasants are equal, can never work. Wisdom is not additive; its maximum is that of the wisest man in a given group.

The wisest and noblest teacher is nature itself.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit.

Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.

The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them.

An owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees the the less it talks.

Nature hath nothing made so base, but can read some instruction to the wisest man.

The seeming truth which cunning times put on to entrap the wisest.

The wisest among us is a fool in some things.

The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.

The wisest of you men is he who has realized, like Socrates, that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless.

Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.