wisdom Quotes

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.

To give ones self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.

The cautious seldom err.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

Heaven, in the production of things, is sure to be bountiful to them, according to their qualities. Hence the tree that is flourishing, it nourishes, while that which is ready to fall, it overthrows.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.