Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.

Learn what you can, teach what you know, live how you ought.

Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.

If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.

Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.