“Wisdom is the fruit of a balanced development.”
More from Alfred Whitehead on Wisdom
“The "silly" question is the first intimation of some totally new development”
“Ideas won't keep: something must be done about them.”
“Fools act on imagination without knowledge pedants act on knowledge without imagination.”
“The only justification in the use of force is to reduce the amount of force necessary to be used.”
“The only use of a knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present.”
“Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.”
“Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.”
“It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.”
“Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.”
“Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”