Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [81-100] of 653 Wisdom quotesWisdom QuotesWisdom Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.~ Anne Bradstreet Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.~ Anne Bradstreet There is no wisdom without knowledge.~ Tom Braun The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.~ Merry Browne Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp. Or what’s a heaven for?~ Robert Browning It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.~ Giordano Bruno Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again.~ William Cullen Bryant Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.~ Buddha Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.~ Buddha Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.~ Buddha Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.~ Buddha Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.~ Buddha To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.~ Buddha The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.~ Buddha Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.~ Buddha Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else.~ Buddha But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.~ Edmund Burke Liberty, without wisdom, is license.~ Edmund Burke He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.~ Edmund Burke All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.~ Edmund Burke Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print