Kay Redfield Jamison Quotes

Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.

Wisdom sails with wind and time.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

Nobody is born wise.

Some are smart but they are not wise

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Common sense is not so common.

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

... smart but not wise.

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.

Men's wisdom increases with reference to what lies before them.

A wise man hears one word and understands two.