11 Philosophical Quotes on Learning and Wisdom

1. “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” ~ Confucius
2. “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
3. “A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.” ~ Baltasar Gracian
4. “Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them.” ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn
5. “The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” ~ Henry Ford
6. “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard
7. “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” ~ William Shakespeare
8. “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” ~ Plato
9. “The only source of knowledge is experience.” ~ Albert Einstein
10. “We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
11. (My favourite) “Is there anyone so wise as to learn from the experience of others?” ~ Voltaire

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