Wisdom Quotes
The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.
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"The real thing is, I don't know what I'm doing."J.D. Salinger
"You have to be careful what you're doing."J.D. Salinger
"You can't really protect people from life."J.D. Salinger
"What I'm trying to say is I don't understand anything."J.D. Salinger
"You really can't judge people by their appearance."J.D. Salinger
"You have to learn to let things go."J.D. Salinger
"One thought follows another thought, like a wave"Allen Ginsberg
"The mind is older than the body and wiser"Allen Ginsberg
"The unconscious is awake and watching"Allen Ginsberg
"The true measure of a man is not in how much he knows, but in how much he can forget and still function."William S. Burroughs
"Simplicity is the greatest sophistication."William S. Burroughs
"A man who doesn't fear is a man who doesn't understand."William S. Burroughs
"A question is more powerful than an answer."William S. Burroughs
"Wisdom comes from suffering and survival."William S. Burroughs
"You can't get there from here."William Carlos Williams
"Wisdom grows from experience and reflection."William Carlos Williams
"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple."Jack Kerouac
"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them."Jack Kerouac
"The world you are looking for can be found in the simplest of moments."Jack Kerouac
"Say it slow, say it quick - the essential message stays the same."Jack Kerouac
"Only that day dawns to which we are awake"e.e. cummings
"Here is the deepest secret nobody knows"e.e. cummings
"Enter no farther into questions that cannot be answered"e.e. cummings
"Swim so deep that it hurts less"e.e. cummings
"Any thing which we do not give away must refine"e.e. cummings
"Ego is the anesthetic that deadens the pain of stupidity"e.e. cummings
"I seek a wisdom beyond the wisdom of words."Hart Crane
"Everything is toxic. That which does not kill you makes you stranger."Kurt Vonnegut
"Mistakes can be profoundly good for you."Kurt Vonnegut
"Maturity is becoming serious about small things and small about serious things."Kurt Vonnegut