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

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

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

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

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.

There is no smarter professor than life, and no wiser sage than experience.