Heraclitus Quotes

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.

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

Intellect is not wisdom.

Wise men don't need concrete answers. By definition, they need wisdom." ~ Geraki

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise.

Nothing, it appears to me, is of greater value in a man than the power of judgment; and the man who has it may be compared to a chest filled with books, for he is the son of nature and the father of art.

Wisdom - meaning judgment acting on experience, common sense, available knowledge, and a decent appreciation of probability.

If you're smart, you'll think twice, when they start to sound off with advice.

I think of the need for more wisdom in the world, to deal with the knowledge that we have. At one time we had wisdom, but little knowledge. Now we have a great deal of knowledge, but do we have enough wisdom to deal with that knowledge?

If you do not possess the staff of caution and discrimination, use the eyes of him who sees. If there is no staff of caution and discrimination, do not wander on the road without a guide.

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing.

Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment.

It is wise to agree that all things are one.

A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

Reason is Life's sole arbiter, themagic Laby'rinth's single clue.

It is ill to praise, and worse to blame, the thing which you do not understand.

Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.

One can have knowledge without having wisdom, but one cannot have wisdom without having knowledge.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise.

The supreme guide in life is knowledge.