Wisdom Quotes

"A misery no one could relieve because no one believed there was anything to be relieved."

"The old lady's head cleared for an instant and she realized something that no religion had ever taught her."

"Your conscience is a hard master but an honest one."

"Violence is a force that can lead to revelation."

"A man can ignore pain only so long before the pain ignores him."

"If you want to know why we can't have nice things, look at what we do with them."

"What is accepted by the modern mind is not always what is true."

"The mind that is wise does not give up what is necessary for what is not."

"The answer is in the listening."

"Understanding another person is the highest achievement."

"The heart knows things the mind may never understand."

"The world reveals itself to those who truly listen."

"We are shaped as much by what we do not say as what we do."

"The most powerful words are often the simplest."

"The things of this world cannot be owned, only used for a time."

"The so-called 'psychotically depressed' person might be sad, but they're not *irrational* about their sadness."

"The ability to be bored is actually the foundation of civilization."

"Learning to think is really learning what to do with your attention."

"The most important thing is paying attention to what you're paying attention to."

"Self-awareness might actually be the most painful thing possible."

"The machinery of distraction is designed to keep us from thinking."

"The thing about depression is that it seems rational from the inside."

"You have to be broken to understand what wholeness means."

"Real wisdom is knowing what you don't know."

"The machinery of distraction exists to keep us from ourselves."

"What you pay attention to determines the life you actually have."

"Idealism is a wonderful thing. It just gets in the way of the truth."

"Life's not fair, and that's what I've been trying to tell them."

"That's when understanding will come."

"Growing old teaches you what really matters in life."