The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Wisdom begins in wonder.