Wisdom Quotes

The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.

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"The heart knows what the mind cannot grasp."
Sri Ramana Maharshi
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"The Self needs nothing because it is everything."
Sri Ramana Maharshi
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"Wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to be silent."
Sri Ramana Maharshi
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"Your true nature is infinite and eternal."
Sri Ramana Maharshi
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"The greatest treasure is within you."
Sri Ramana Maharshi
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"Knowledge without compassion is like a sword without a sheath—dangerous to everyone around it."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"True wisdom lies not in having all the answers, but in asking the right questions."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"A mind that questions is a mind that is alive and growing."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"The wisdom to know when to speak and when to listen is the mark of true understanding."
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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"The great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"The mind is a mirror; it reflects what we feed it."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"The heart knows what the mind cannot fathom."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"Words are the dress of our thoughts."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"Compassion is the highest form of wisdom."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"To understand others, we must first understand ourselves."
Keshab Chandra Sen
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"Progress demands that we question what our ancestors took for granted."
Rammohan Roy
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"Tradition without reason is merely the corpse of wisdom."
Rammohan Roy
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"Superstition thrives in the soil of ignorance and wilts in the sun of knowledge."
Rammohan Roy
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"A reformed individual creates the possibility of a reformed society."
Rammohan Roy
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"A mind that never doubts is a mind that has stopped growing."
Rammohan Roy
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"The greatest heresy is the refusal to think for oneself."
Rammohan Roy
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"To question is to respect; to refuse to question is to dismiss."
Rammohan Roy
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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
J. Krishnamurti
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"Your question is far more important than the answer, because the answer may satisfy your desire to know, but a good question opens up the whole problem."
J. Krishnamurti
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"The ending of sorrow is the beginning of wisdom."
J. Krishnamurti
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"The mind must be innocent to see clearly."
J. Krishnamurti
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"To see the extraordinary in the ordinary is wisdom."
J. Krishnamurti
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"Wisdom is not the accumulation of facts; it is the dissolution of fear."
J. Krishnamurti
"The mind is like a child. It needs discipline and love."
Neem Karoli Baba
"The heart knows what the mind cannot understand."
Neem Karoli Baba