George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

I've had all the lessons I could get. I've learned from everybody I've ever met.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Intelligence is not a science.

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.

Wisdom begins at the end.

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Wisdom is a gift but has nothing to do with age. That was probably the case with me.

It really is very true that the more you do, the less you know. I try to keep myself very open-minded in that sense.

To the extent that experience is the sum of our memories and wisdom the sum of experience, having a better memory would mean knowing not only more about the world, but also more about myself.

What I've come to know is that in life, it's not always the questions we ask, but rather our ability to hear the answers that truly enriches our understanding. Never, never stop learning.

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

I'd like to be very wise.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

I think you accidentally learn things in high school that turn out to be life lessons when you are able to step back a bit and study them in more depth.

Experience is that marvelous thing that enable you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

All experience is good experience.