Betty Smith Quotes

Wisdom may best arise from a humbling reality.

The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend

Then I obviously didn't understand what it all meant, but I do now.

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.

I think I am seeing more clearly now than ever.

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

Wisdom begins at the end.

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

It's so empowering to know the truth and to really understand something.

It's important to be enlightened.

I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened.

Insight is not a matter of memory, of knowledge and time, which are all thought.

After knowledge comes wisdom. After wisdom comes understanding.

The disadvantage of becoming wise is that you realize how foolish you've been.

Enlightenment is its own reward, its own punishment. You begin to see so much more. And so much more sees you.

Knowledge is the barrier to knowing. When knowledge is dropped, knowing flowers.

Late, I learned that when reason died, then Wisdom was born; before that liberation, I had only knowledge.

What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.

Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom

The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.