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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”

“Once and for all, there are many things I choose not to know.--Wisdom sets limits even to knowledge.”

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Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool -- shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple -- teach him.”

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Book:The Life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton

Source: The Life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”

“Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”

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Book:Siddhartha: An Indian Tale

Source: Siddhartha: An Indian Tale

“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.”

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Author:Charles Spurgeon

“He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.”

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Book:The Pathos of Distance: A Book of a Thousand and One Moments

Source: The Pathos of Distance: A Book of a Thousand and One Moments

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”

“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”

“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.”

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

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Book:Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

Source: Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

“Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.”

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Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.”

“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”

“We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.”

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Author:Michel de Montaigne

“Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.”

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Author:William Cowper

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”

Source: A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard

“Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom.”

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Author:Clifford Stoll

“You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.”

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Author:Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day”

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Author:Laozi

“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”

Source: The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Preface. Formula fidei de ss. Trinitate. Nightly prayer. Notes on the book of common prayer; Hooker; Field; Donne; Henry More; Heinrichs; Hacket; Jeremy Taylor; The pilgrim's progress; John Smith. Letter to a godchild

“Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.”

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Author:Doug Larson

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

“Data isn't information; information isn't knowledge; knowledge isn't wisdom.”

“When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.”

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Author:Laozi