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“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
― Albert Einstein

“Knowledge without application is simply knowledge. Applying the knowledge to one’s life is wisdom — and that is the ultimate virtue”
― Kasi Kaye Iliopoulos, Living in Light, Love & Truth: You Can Positively Change Your Life by Living in Light, Love, & Truth-Awareness + Reflection + Learning + Application = Wisdom

“They don’t need to be no rocket scientist, but knowing the difference between "their", "there", and "they’re" might be a great start.”
― Bob N. Boguslavski

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
― Albert Einstein

“Albert Einstein said, “Information is not knowledge,” and he was on to something extremely important. You can consume an endless amount of information, but it will never equal knowledge, wisdom. Turning information into knowledge requires two things: (A) you need to consume knowledge, and (B) you need to execute the knowledge you have learned. That is the secret to unlocking knowledge out of information.”
― Jamie Cooper, Albert Einstein: Extraordinary Life Lessons That Will Change Your Life Forever

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― Albert Einstein

“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.”
― Albert Einstein

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Albert Einstein

“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
― Albert Einstein

“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
― Albert Einstein

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist