Wisdom Quotes

"There is really nothing more to say—except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how."

"Don't ever think there's only one way to do things."

"We must accept our own thoughts when they are introduced to us."

"Bit and Bite. A tiny nothing."

"There is really nothing more to say, except why."

"Not knowing is all right."

"To be whole, we must reclaim all parts of ourselves, even the parts we have been taught to deny."

"To have meaning, life must relate to something beyond itself."

"I have eaten the fruit of despair and found it bitter."

"Wisdom comes from understanding your own pain and that of others."

"Let man keep his many versions of the truth; there is but one truth in the end."

"Profundity and the clever lie are often one."

"Silence is golden only when one has something to say."

"Understanding requires empathy and imagination."

"We must be willing to examine ourselves and our assumptions."

"We must learn to listen to each other with real attention."

"The most effective way to deal with the irrationality of the world is to be as rational as possible."

"To understand a man, one must first understand the conditions that shaped him."

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."

"Truth brings peace to those who embrace it."

"To achieve self-knowledge, one must venture into the darkness of the self without flinching."

"Every person contains stories that would astonish those who bother to listen."

"Knowledge of thyself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"My soul has grown deep like the rivers."

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

"The so-called 'madness' of people is only the sanity of an abnormal world."

"Life is complicated; choices are rarely between right and wrong."

"The night and the stars are within us."

"I think it is our responsibility to discover who we actually are, rather than who we think we should be."

"The experience of loss teaches us most about ourselves."