Wisdom Quotes

"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."

"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad."

"Wisdom consists of knowing when to stop."

"The deepest form of intelligence is the capacity for wonder."

"The human heart is the greatest mystery of all."

"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."

"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22."

"The world is full of strange things."

"I've always felt that character is more important than intelligence."

"In the end, the world is what you make it. Nothing more, nothing less."

"Knowledge without wisdom is like fire in the hands of a child."

"There is no truth without context."

"Our tragedy is not in our circumstances but in our consciousness."

"The past cannot be undone, only understood."

"To grow up is to recognize the limits of what you can control."

"The search for meaning is itself the meaning."

"Suffering is the price of consciousness."

"The search for truth is more important than the discovery of truth."

"What we call maturity is often just the accumulation of disappointments."

"Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better."

"The longer you look at one object, the more of the world you see in it."

"A person without a self cannot acknowledge it and is caught off guard by his own behavior."

"To know oneself is to know the world, and to know the world is to know God."

"There is much to admire in the common man; the uncommon man is usually disappointing."

"The writer is one who has learned that there is as much to be said about nothing as about something."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"The writer who would be good should begin by understanding the limitations of language."

"Sarcasm is the refuge of the weak."

"Attention is a form of prayer, a way of honoring what you're paying attention to."

"The greatest gift is the ability to be bored without immediately seeking distraction."