Erica Jong Quotes

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

People ask me a question, I'll give them my opinion. I never claimed to have all the answers.

The best advice comes from people who don't give advice.

No one but a fool is always right.

Don't let your heart get big because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the scholar.

If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.

Tell me, O wise man, how hast thou come to know so astonishingly much? By never being ashamed to ask of those that knew!

Consult with the ignorant as with the wise.

At the end of the day, none of us are the Oracle of Delphi, so we don't get everything right. It's always good to be able to listen and to take on what seems to be the right thing to do.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

Learn how to humble yourself, and be able to take advice and not feel like you know everything.

What I've come to know is that in life, it's not always the questions we ask, but rather our ability to hear the answers that truly enriches our understanding. Never, never stop learning.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

You always have something to learn from people who have been through more than you. Be open and receptive to what they know.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

As soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.