"Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar." ― William Wordsworth Topic(s): Wisdom More From William Wordsworth "When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude." "But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave." "For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity." More In Wisdom "One part of wisdom is knowing what you don’t need anymore and letting it go."― Jane Fonda "We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom."― Michel de Montaigne "The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good."― Pierre Charron