Showing posts with label Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 06, 2016

On the topic of knowledge and wisdom

I recently stumbled upon a quote attributed to Jimi Hendrix - but when searching, I could not really find any evidence that I had found the right source of the quote.
However, this in turn led me to a quote from the american author and doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., who with some certainty should be the author of the following:
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
I think it is a beautiful quote - and so obviously true. If you carry knowledge, you have a good point from which to speak - but wisdom is achieved by listening (and reading, and in other ways absorbing knowledge).
(Translated from Noget om viden og visdom)