80 Top-Notch Quotes about Wisdom

"Transcedent common sense is the rare power of seeing things as they are which signifies genius. It is the ability to draw right conclusions and to take correct action."

J.W. Fortescue (-) Writing on Wellington.




John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006) was a Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century political liberalism.



"The wise don't speak much, and those who are eloquent are not wise."

Laozi also Lao Tse, Lao Tu, Lao-Tzu, Lao-Tsu, Laotze, Lao Zi, Laocius, and other variations (-) was a mystic philosopher of ancient China, and is a central figure in Taoism (also spelled "Daoism").


Dear Abby (-) is the name of the notable advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name Abigail Van Buren

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."


"Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions."

James Allen "Jim" Hightower (born January 11, 1943) is an American syndicated columnist, populist activist and author.

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."


"Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for expierence."
