Wisdom Quotes

"Prison was a good experience for a writer - you learn about human nature there."

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him."

"There's an old saying that you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks - unless the dog wants to learn."

"I've learned more from my mistakes than from my successes."

"I've always believed that every person has a story worth telling."

"The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend."

"We are not at the mercy of events but of how we respond to them."

"Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom."

"The test of a first-rate mind is the ability to hold two opposed ideas at the same time."

"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."

"Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-discipline."

"Every person contains multitudes we will never know."

"The heart knows what the mind cannot articulate."

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

"Atticus said to Jem one day, 'I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'"

"I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds."

"Let's forget what we think we know about these people. We don't know them."

"The truth, simple or awful, is the sum of all knowledge."

"There are just some kind of men who are born to understand without being told."

"The best ideas are the ones that are so simple they seem obvious."

"The key to a good life is curiosity."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"The best ideas come from conversation."

"The only real wealth is good health and good relationships."

"There is no doubt that in excess, almost anything is poisonous."

"In order to understand anything, one must love it."

"The most terrible poverty is in the spirit."

"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing how to use it."

"The greatest gift is understanding."