Claude Vorilhon Quotes

The wise speak only of what they know

A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't.

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

I'm not very wise to many things.

I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

There's stuff in this world, everybody pretends they understand. But we don't understand. It's important to listen.

I think humility - which I think is a very good value to adopt - is basically an extension of understanding your own ignorance.

One becomes great when he comes to the realization that what he knows is very little.

The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.

A man who knows he is a fool is not a great fool.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

I do not know everything; still many things I understand.

The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows.

Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.

The wise are wise only because they love.

To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.

The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.

A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't," Finn replied absently, still looking down at the book. "That's such a fortune-cookie answer," I said with a laugh, and even he smirked at me.

Acknowledging what you don't know is the dawning of wisdom.