Wisdom Quotes

"The greatest ideas are often the simplest ones."

"Wisdom is knowing which truths are most important in any given moment."

"Two things awe me most, the starry sky above and the moral law within."

"The only thing that could be called good without qualification is a good will."

"The practical reason is the highest faculty of human beings."

"The human mind will never be satisfied with mere appearance."

"Enlightenment is the release from one's own self-incurred immaturity."

"We live in an age of criticism, but not in a critical age."

"We are born into a world we did not create and cannot fully understand."

"The human capacity for reason sets us apart from all other creatures."

"We must act as if our maxim should become a universal law."

"Experience without theory is blind; theory without experience is empty."

"We are rational beings, and reason demands consistency."

"He who has a true understanding of things experiences a kind of joy whenever he thinks of anything, hateful though it may be in itself."

"The mind's highest good is the knowledge of God, and the mind's highest virtue is to know God."

"That which is the highest human potential is the development of our reason."

"The path to enlightenment lies in understanding the interconnectedness of all things."

"The wise man learns from others' mistakes; the foolish man from his own."

"Virtue is nothing else but to live according to reason."

"Reason is the source of true virtue and happiness."

"Self-love is the foundation of all virtue."

"Original position thinking requires us to consider what rules we would accept if we did not know our place in society."

"Rationality involves pursuing our aims efficiently, but justice involves fair terms for all."

"Pluralism about conceptions of the good life is consistent with agreement on principles of justice."

"We must balance liberty and equality rather than choosing one completely over the other."

"The primary goods that any rational person would want include rights, liberties, and opportunities."

"We should judge institutions not by intentions but by their actual effects on people's lives."

"Reasonable citizens can endorse a political conception of justice while holding different comprehensive views."

"The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk"

"To know oneself requires understanding one's place in the whole"