To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. Nicolaus Copernicus
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. Oscar Wilde Ambition
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. George Eliot Life
We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. Hesiod
I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image. Claire Danes
Angels from their wisdom go still further. They say that not only every thing good and true is from the Lord, but every thing of life as well. Emanuel Swedenborg Wisdom
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. Socrates World Wisdom
When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift Genius
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. John Steinbeck
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork. James Prescott Joule Power
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. Herman Melville Wisdom
I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients. Gustave Courbet Wisdom Sacred
