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WISDOM vs IGNORANCE

DEFINITION: “Wisdom is reflecting on experiences and using knowledge gained to make good decisions.”

COMPANION TRAITS: Creativity, Curiosity, Knowledge, Understanding, Discernment, Foresight, Vision

Quotes

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

– Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” – William Shakespeare

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” – Albert Einstein

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” – Confucious

“Knowing others is intelligence;

knowing yourself is true wisdom.” – Lao Tzu

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens” – Jimi Hendrix

“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.” – Maya Angelou

“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” – Albert Einstein

“A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent.” – Roy T. Bennett

“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.” – Buddha

“Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.” – Carl Gustav Jung