Wisdom Quotes

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

"The mind is the greatest tool of human advancement."

"Ambition without wisdom is like a ship without a rudder."

"I have always maintained that truth is more powerful than any weapon."

"Wisdom lies in understanding that no one prospers while others starve."

"The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected."

"A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubling on itself."

"The young wonder if they're doing it right. The old wonder if they did."

"We dance round in a ring and suppose while the secret sits in the middle and knows."

"I know that I know nothing."

"If you don't mind it doesn't matter."

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense."

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully."

"I always say that if you hear a bell ringing or a telephone ringing it makes you nervous and then I say well then do not hear it."

"You always think of something once you are not thinking of it."

"Even the great get the blues sometimes."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

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

"There is a time for gentle words and a time for sharp ones."

"When you are old, you realize all you ever wanted was to understand."

"Stories are important. They keep us alive."

"We must examine our lives honestly."

"Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes."

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

"To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation."

"Seeking nothing brings the greatest discoveries."

"The journey of self-discovery never ends."

"Humility is the first of the virtues."

"Better to ask than to assume."

"The moment of sudden understanding is often the most precious."