Empedocles Quotes

Wisdom begins at the end.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

With time and experience comes a different perception of what's going on around you.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

Wisdom sails with wind and time.

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

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

Nobody is born wise.

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

Some are smart but they are not wise

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

The thing about wisdom is you store the past in your head.

Wisdom is a gift but has nothing to do with age. That was probably the case with me.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

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

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you.

People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom.

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.