He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.
It is from the scope and wisdom of the economists of the past that we must reap the knowledge with which to face the future.
Unless knowledge is transformed into wisdom, and wisdom is expressed in character; education is a wasteful process.
Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
Many receive a criticism and think it is fine; think they got their money's worth; think well of the teacher for it, and then go on with their work just the same as before. That is the reason much of the wisdom of Plato is still locked up in the pages of Plato.
Most of us are wiser than we may appear to be. … On one level, wisdom is nothing more profound than an ability to follow one’s own advice.
Every society needs educated people, but the primary responsibility of educated people is to bring wisdom back into the community and make it available to others so that the lives they are leading make sense.
Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
If my wisdom could get support from officials, I think society would move forward 20 years.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.
Data is not necessarily information. Information does not necessarily lead to knowledge. And knowledge is not always sufficient to discover truth and breed wisdom.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage. [Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret.]
Is there any such thing as wisdom not applied to life?
How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.
