“Love is wiser than wisdom.”

“Animals in their generation are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.”

Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright

“The beauty of love.
The love of beauty.
The greener you are, the wiser you will be.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

“I have tried to be a man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser and more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better than I found it.”

Cornel West (1953) African-American philosopher and political/civil rights activist

“We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely.”

Frank W. Abagnale (1948) American security consultant, former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist

“Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

“Wit and valor are qualities that are more easily ascertained than virtue, or the love of wisdom.”

Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) English historian and Member of Parliament

“Quotations: I love them because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizedly wiser than oneself.”

Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer

“People assume that I'm wiser than I am because I'm somewhat successful. Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles. If you're dumb when you're young, you're going to be dumb when you're old.”

Estelle Getty (1923–2008) actress

“Knowledge in and of itself is devoid of good and evil. Knowledge, however, does not necessarily make human beings wiser. In fact, knowledge without wisdom can be outright dangerous.”

Newton Lee American computer scientist