You only lose what you cling to.
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.
The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.