Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how ot do it, and Virtue is doing it. David Starr Jordan

To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. But on the other hand, knowledge of an apparently trivial detail quite often makes it possible to see into the depth of things. And so the wise man will seek to acquire the best possible knowledge about events, but always without becoming dependent upon this knowledge. To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is no longer enough to be smart -- all the technological tools in the world add meaning and value only if they enhance our core values, the deepest part of our heart. Acquiring knowledge is no guarantee of practical, useful application. Wisdom implies a mature integration of appropriate knowledge, a seasoned ability to filter the inessential from the essential. Doc Childre and Deborah Rozman

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. Edith Wharton

To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom. Elbert Hubbard

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. Ella Wheeler Wilcox

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything. Georg C. Lichtenberg

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious. George Bernard Shaw

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw

Too bad that all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair. George Burns

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. George Santayana

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. George Santayana

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. Groucho Marx

I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace. Helen Keller