Wisdom Quotes

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

64329 quotes

E
"The heart knows what the mind refuses to accept."
Elena Garro
E
"To understand others, we must first understand ourselves."
Elena Garro
E
"The heart understands what logic cannot explain."
Elena Garro
E
"Wisdom comes from knowing how little we know."
Elena Garro
R
"Wisdom comes from experience and reflection."
Rosario Castellanos
R
"The mind is mightier than circumstances."
Rosario Castellanos
"In the marketplace of ideas, the loudest voice is not always the truest."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Words once spoken cannot be recaptured; they exist forever in the world."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"The wisdom of elders is the compass that guides the steps of the young."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
R
"True nobility lies not in titles but in the elevation of the human spirit."
Rubén Darío
R
"The path to wisdom begins with the admission of our own ignorance."
Rubén Darío
R
"Wisdom whispers; folly shouts from the rooftops."
Rubén Darío
"The body remembers what the mind tries to forget."
Gioconda Belli
"The heart knows truths that reason cannot comprehend."
Gioconda Belli
"Wisdom whispers while foolishness shouts."
Gioconda Belli
"In darkness, we learn to see differently."
Gioconda Belli
"The strongest voice is often the quietest one."
Gioconda Belli
"Wisdom is knowing when to fight and when to surrender."
Gioconda Belli
"The most important journey is the one inward."
Gioconda Belli
N
"The past teaches us, but it need not define us."
Nellie Campobello
N
"The soul remembers what the mind tries to forget."
Nellie Campobello
K
"What we call identity is really just a collection of stories we've internalized."
Kathy Acker
K
"Stories shape us more than we shape stories."
Kathy Acker
K
"We must learn to read the signs of oppression in our daily lives."
Kathy Acker
K
"The body has its own form of knowledge that precedes and exceeds language."
Kathy Acker
K
"The most important thing is to keep asking questions even if there are no answers."
Kathy Acker
K
"We must learn to read against the grain and find meaning in the margins."
Kathy Acker
R
"To understand another is to expand one's own humanity."
Rosario Castellanos
E
"Time does not heal all wounds; it teaches us to carry them differently."
Elena Garro
E
"The pursuit of happiness is a distraction from the pursuit of meaning."
Elena Garro