The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.
Date of birth: 1079-00-00
Date of death: 1142-00-00
Quotes number: 2
Nationality: French
Profession: Philosopher
It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.
I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.
The best prophet of the future is the past.
Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.