Wisdom Quotes

"We must be willing to question everything if we wish to find the truth."

"The human animal began as a single cell in the ocean and is capable of becoming almost anything."

"The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters."

"The greatest wealth is wisdom, the greatest poverty is ignorance."

"Wisdom comes from experience, patience, and reflection."

"Don't ask for guarantees. There aren't any."

"Forgive, forget. But don't go back to being a fool."

"Always fall in with what you're asked to accept."

"Be sure of what you really want before pursuing it."

"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."

"The answers to life's questions are sometimes found in the stars."

"Some say the sun rises. Others know it only rolls around."

"I have known some few men who were great."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"I am the witness. I am the one who sees."

"Distracted from distraction by distraction."

"To do just the right thing at just the right time."

"Self-consciousness is the curse of the age."

"Thought is a form of disease."

"Datta. Dayadzm. Damyata."

"To see things as they really are takes courage and honesty."

"To live deliberately is to live with purpose."

"The most profound truths are often the simplest ones."

"Wisdom comes from experience, not from years."

"The book of life is palimpsest."

"A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery."

"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."

"Your mind has become a workshop of thought."

"The intelligence of the writer is as much exposed in his silences as in his speech."

"Virtue lies between extremes."