Wisdom Quotes

"The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can’t."

- Mark Twain

"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries."

- Anne Herbert

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

- Isaac Asimov

"We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom."

- E. O. Wilson

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

- William James

"Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere."

- Elrond

"Wise speak only of what they know."

- Gandalf

"Do not trouble your hearts overmuch with thought of the road tonight. Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them."

- Lady Galadriel

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

- Gandalf

"One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."

- Gandalf

"Accounting is the art of turning chaos into clarity and confusion into financial wisdom."

- Michael Carter

"Accounting brilliance is not just about accuracy; it’s about infusing financial narratives with wisdom."

- Emily White

"In the symphony of financial wisdom, the best accountants are the virtuosos of economic insight."

- Melissa Davis

"In the dark night of all beings awakes to Light the tranquil man. But what is day to other beings is night for the sage who sees."

- Bhagavad Gita

"The truly wise mourn neither for those who are living, nor for those who have passed away."

- Bhagavad Gita

"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would rather have talked."

- Mark Twain

"The years teach much the days never know."

- Emerson

"Bees… by virtue of a certain geometrical forethought, knew that the hexagon is greater than the square and the triangle and will hold more honey for the same expenditure of material"

- Pappus

"Let the wisdom of May's verses guide your path."

"Among all kinds of killers, time is the ultimate because time kills everything."

"When your intellect transcends the mire of delusion, then you will attain to dispassion of what has been heard and what is yet to be heard."

"Those who see action in inaction and inaction in action are truly wise among humans."

"He who is devoid of attachment, who does not rejoice when he obtains good, nor lament when he obtains evil, is firmly fixed in perfect knowledge."

"One who has wisdom and discernment is always calm and collected; such a person is in true knowledge."

"The truly wise mourn neither for the living nor for the dead."

"This divine wisdom is a direct perception of the truth, much superior to any indirect knowledge of the scriptures or hearsay."

"When your intellect, perplexed by what you have heard, shall stand immobile and steady in the self, then you shall attain self-realization."

"One who is not disturbed in mind amidst the threefold miseries or elated when there is happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear, and anger, is called a sage of steady mind."

"The ignorant differentiate between spiritual knowledge and devotional service, but the wise see devotional service and knowledge as one."

"Wisdom is like honey, but it takes a bee's patience to gather it."