Paul Engle Quotes

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Common sense is not so common.

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

The foolish reject what they see and not what they think; the wise reject what they think and not what they see.

I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.

I have thousands of opinions still - but that is down from millions - and, as always, I know nothing.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

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

I'm not very wise to many things.

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

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

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

But remember, I am no politician, and no seer into souls.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.