“Genius without wisdom is like a plane without wings”— Related Quotes “Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.”— Idries Shah “Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.”— Herodotus “To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.”– Herman Melville