Wisdom Quotes

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

"The world needs more voices of reason and compassion."

"The greatest forces in the world are not things at all, but attitudes and habits."

"The most important things are invisible to the eye but visible to the heart."

"A person's worth is measured by their character, not their circumstances."

"Wisdom comes not from years, but from experience and reflection."

"The man who sees the most is the man who can do the most."

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

"The poor man's riches are his own thoughts."

"To understand others, one must first understand oneself."

"What we leave unsaid often matters more than what we speak."

"The heart's wisdom often contradicts the mind's logic."

"The mind's limitations are often self-imposed."

"Consciousness is not a luxury—it is essential to survival."

"Progress requires us to question what we have always assumed to be true."

"In your youth you are a reader; in your middle age you are a leader; in your old age you are a listener."

"The examined life is the only one worth living."

"The path to wisdom begins with acknowledging how much we do not understand."

"We must learn to accept ourselves before we can truly accept others."

"In the last analysis no one can explain anything to another."

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

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country turns out."

"A stitch in time may save nine, but a word in time may save a life."

"The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it."

"Wisdom is knowing what to overlook."

"At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life—that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions."

"Passion without purpose leads only to ruin."

"Practical observation commonly shows that the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

"Wisdom comes not from having all answers, but from asking better questions."

"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well."