~ Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so. ~

~ God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~

~ Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. ~

~ The highest wisdom is loving kindness. ~

~ Wisdom begins with sacrifice of immediate pleasures for long-range purposes. ~

~ Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is th beginning of wisdom. ~

~ He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise. ~

~ It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. ~

~ Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays. ~

~ Some of the best lessons we ever learn, we learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the success and wisdom of the future. ~

~ The reward of all action is to be found in enlightenment. ~

~ Wisdom is not in words. Wisdom is meaning within words ~

~ Be with wise men and become wise. ~

~ I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. ~

~ In seeking wisdom, the first step is silence, the second listening, the third remembering, the fouth practicing, the fifth -- teaching others. ~