Wisdom quotes
551 quotes. Authors include Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Maslow, Aeschylus, Aesop, Afrika Bambaataa, Akhenaten, Albert Einstein, Aldous Huxley, Alexander Pope, Alexandre Dumas, Amber Valletta, Amelia Earhart, Anatole France, Andy Warhol, Ansel Adams, Anton Chekhov, Archimedes, Aristotle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Schopenhauer, Audrey Hepburn, Augustine of Hippo, Avery Brooks, Ayn Rand, Baltasar Gracián, Barack Obama, Barbara De Angelis, Basil of Caesarea, Ben Fountain.
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“All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.”
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“Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.”
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“The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.”
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“It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.”
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“I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.”
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“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
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“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”
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“The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.”
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“When you see a good person, think of becoming like him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”
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“Be as you wish to seem.”
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“I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others.”
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“To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.”
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“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
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“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.”
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“Silence is the true friend that never betrays.”
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“I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.”
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“The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.”
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“True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.”
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“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.”
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“Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.”
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“We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.”
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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
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“'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.”
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“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”
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“With age comes wisdom and a high sex drive. And the wisdom to enjoy it.”
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“There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.”
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“O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!”
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“The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.”
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“You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.”
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“The thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by others. Since I dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on someone else?”
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“Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.”
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“Democracy's premise rests on the notion that the collective wisdom of the majority will prove right more often than it's wrong; that given sufficient opportunity in the pursuit of happiness, your population will develop its talents, its intellect, its better judgment; that over time its capacity for discernment and self-correction will be enlarged.”
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“We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.”
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“Do I speak at the right time, or not? Do I speak of facts, or not? Do I speak gently or harshly? Do I speak profitable words or not? Do I speak with a kindly heart, or inwardly malicious?”
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“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
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“By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.”
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“Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.”
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“If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
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“Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.”
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“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”
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“There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.”
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“Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.”
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.”
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“What is past is left behind. The future is yet unreached. Whatever quality is present, clearly see it right there.”
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“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
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“But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.”
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“The doors of wisdom are never shut.”
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
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“He who is contented is rich.”
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“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”