122 quotes
“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
“The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.”
— Plato
“It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know wonder and humility”
— Rachel Carson
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of our ignorance.”
— Confucius
“The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.”
— Book of Proverbs
“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion; bewilderment is intuition.”
— Rumi
“The learned man knows that he is ignorant.”
— Victor Hugo
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
“To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.”
— Unknown
“The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.”
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists when his work is done they will say we did it ourselves”
— Lao Tzu
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex”
— E.F. Schumacher
“That man is wisest who realizes that his wisdom is worthless.”
“Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury — to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone.”
“The more you know, the more you realize you do not know.”
— Aristotle
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.”
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.”
“Who has not served cannot command.”
— John Florio
“God has two dwellings: one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.”
— Izaak Walton
“The wise are not learned; the learned are not wise.”
— Laozi
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants”
— Isaac Newton
“If all mankind were to disappear the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago if insects were to vanish the environment would collapse into chaos”
— E.O. Wilson
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, they will say: we did it ourselves.”
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory.”
— Nelson Mandela
“When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'”
“When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.”
“The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.”
— Robert Hand
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
— Socrates
“To know, is to know that you know nothing.”
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
— Thomas à Kempis
“A truly knowledgeable person does not deny what they know.”
— Xunzi
“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.”
— Montesquieu
“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
“Just because you are CEO do not think you have landed life is an unpredictable thing”
— Indra Nooyi
“To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.”
— Benjamin Disraeli
“That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness, these are the real heroisms.”
— Swami Vivekananda
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists.”
“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.”
— Thomas Huxley
“If all mankind were to disappear the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago”
“The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.”
— William Wordsworth
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
“I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.”
— Persian Proverb
“To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.”
“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”
“One who is grateful for small things receives great things.”
— Saadi Shirazi
“We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone.”
— Saint Augustine
“If you want to improve be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
— Epictetus
“Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.”
— Nicolas Chamfort
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.”
— Piet Mondrian
“I am still learning.”
— Michelangelo
“Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility and the beginning of all wisdom”
— Simone Weil
“It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows without the humility of wonder”
“I no doubt deserved my enemies but I do not believe I deserved my friends”
— Walt Whitman
“Who is wise? He that learns from every one. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster”
— David Hume
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
— Meister Eckhart
“Live simply so that others may simply live”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“Just because you are CEO do not think you have landed the job is not about the corner office”
“The faults of others we write upon sand, our own virtues we write in marble.”
— Thomas More
“To lead the people, walk behind them.”
“Do not worry about holding high family position. Worry about playing your proper family role.”
— Dorothy Day
“When you drink the water, remember the spring.”
“The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.”
“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out and strike it merely to show that you have one.”
— Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
“If heaven had granted me five more years I could have become a real painter”
— Katsushika Hokusai
“I know that I know nothing.”
“I do not think that I know what I know.”
“Not what we wish, but what we want, Oh! let thy grace supply.”
— James Merrick
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
“To lead people walk behind them.”
“I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.”
“You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders it is good to remember that the planet is carrying you”
— Vandana Shiva
“One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.”
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
“I do not think I know what I know.”
“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.”
“When we become aware of our humility, we have already lost it. Thus we may be most truly grateful when we are not aware that we are grateful.”
— Thomas Merton
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
“All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruin.”
— Ovid
“The whole visible world is only an imperceptible atom in the ample bosom of nature. No idea approaches it.”
— Blaise Pascal
“When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.”
— Vietnamese Proverb
“A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. True peace needs no crown.”
— Frederick the Great
“The position of the artist is humble he is essentially a channel”
“Ignorance teaches courage, while learning teaches humility.”
— Alexander Pope
“You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.”
“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”
“The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.”
“He that is down needs fear no fall.”
— John Bunyan
“The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.”
“The more I read the more I acquire the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
— Voltaire
“When the world pushes you to your knees, you are in the perfect position to pray.”
“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”
“The world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful.”
— Wendell Berry
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts. Peace requires humility.”
— Bertrand Russell
“To know what you know, and to know what you do not know, that is true knowledge.”
“Thou hast given so much to me, give one thing more — a grateful heart.”
— George Herbert
“The real leader has no need to lead — he is content to point the way.”
— Henry Miller
“The only thing I know is that I know nothing.”
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