I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I’ve learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.

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

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey’s end.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It’s really not my place.

Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

I don’t consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.

I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.

A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don’t need another plaque.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

It’s flattering to people who stop you and say that you’ve helped them and all. But, again, you know, you’ve got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these ‚how‘ and ‚why‘ questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

I have made a few mistakes early on that I admit myself, and there have been times when I have gone over the top and done things that you shouldn’t do in international cricket, but that’s how you learn.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.

You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.

We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

A fool is wise in his eyes.

I don’t know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I’m a great gift to the world. I’ve been very fortunate.

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven’t committed.

How do you know what it’s like to be stupid if you’ve never been smart?