T. S. Eliot Quotes

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.

Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.

In order to rule the world, our wise forefathers created civilization based on ritual, moral values, and education.

The wisdom of our ancestors.

Traditional wisdom is long on tradition and short on wisdom.

Culture is coded wisdom

The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.

The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.

Education does not necessarily make one wise?

Science is not wisdom.

In this land of the Ganga (Varanasi), there was education of culture. But, more importantly, there was a culture of education.

No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.

One of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom.

Doubt is one of the names of intelligence.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

Old things need not be therefore true, O brother men, nor yet the new; Ah! still awhile the old thought retain, And yet consider it again!

The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.

The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity.

As more people become more intelligent they care less for preachers and more for teachers.

Granny sighed. "You have learned something," she said, and thought it safe to insert a touch of sternness into her voice. "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise.

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

You cannot be wise without some basis of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom.

One can have knowledge without having wisdom, but one cannot have wisdom without having knowledge.