Mason Cooley Quotes

The more one knows, the more one simplifies.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

The one thing I cannot support in a woman is stupidity.

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

You cannot be wise without some basis of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom.

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions.

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.

Don’t think that intelligence stops with allies.

Complex things, if you don't understand them, it seems complicated. If you understand them, and we know how to handle it, it became simple.

In all your getting, get understanding.

Intellect is not wisdom.

Uneducated people are unfortunate in that they do grasp complex issues, educated people, on the other hand, often do not understand simplicity, which is a far greater misfortune.

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

Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.

Intellect is the ability to avoid belaboring the obvious.

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom.