“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
Tag: Wisdom
Quote: Ibn Taymiyyah, Philosopher
“Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.”
~ Ibn Taymiyyah
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: Wisdom
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Black Cat ~ Groucho Marx
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.
~ Groucho Marx
True Wisdom
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
-Socrates
Walter Lippmann ~ Wisdom Quote
“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.”
~ Walter Lippmann
