Wisdom Quotes

"The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life is the disagreement between the reality of our condition and our expectations."

"Perfect obedience would be the result of perfect understanding."

"Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made."

"What is it that makes us human? The faculty of reason and the capacity for moral choice."

"Knowledge without conscience is dangerous; conscience without knowledge is futile."

"The rational mind is humanity's greatest asset."

"Que el vencedor cuide que la venganza no sea mayor que la justicia."

"Un hombre sin principios es como un árbol sin raíces."

"La virtud es la única riqueza que no puede ser arrebatada."

"La fuerza de la razón siempre triunfa sobre la razón de la fuerza."

"La verdadera grandeza está en servir a la humanidad."

"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."

"Healthy scepticism is the mark of a cultivated and refined intelligence."

"Understanding ourselves is the prerequisite for understanding others."

"The sword alone cannot defend a nation; the mind must lead."

"Wisdom comes from experience born of struggle."

"Men are conscious of their appetite and ignorant of the causes that determine them."

"Passive emotions arise from inadequate ideas; active emotions arise from adequate ideas."

"Reason teaches us the things which are absolutely necessary for our salvation."

"In so far as the mind understands all things as determined by necessity, it has a preventive influence on the affects."

"The greater one's understanding, the greater one's capacity for multiple kinds of joy."

"The highest achievement of the mind is to see necessity in all things without losing joy."

"To accept necessity is not to abandon hope but to place it on firmer ground."

"The real price of everything does not consist in the labour that is paid for it immediately, but in what must be given to obtain it."

"When custom and fashion do not interfere, we can distinguish the excellent from the deficient with surprising accuracy."

"The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another."

"A man of narrow mind cannot be capable of great virtues."

"In matters of truth and falsehood, it is necessary to listen to both sides before forming a judgment."

"When a man is miserable, he looks about for some inferior person upon whom he can vent his spleen."

"The great civilizing principle is the ability to put oneself in the place of another and to understand his perspective."