Wisdom Quotes

"When you get there, if you find that some of the things I have said to you are true and some things false, forget the false things."

"To get nowhere, you must first admit where you are."

"The function of wisdom is to make right choices."

"Neglecting the darkness is a kind of ignorance."

"There is something within you that you must feed, nurture, and listen to."

"The young should not fear the old; they should learn from them."

"We are all connected by the thread of human experience."

"The mind that accepts injustice has already surrendered."

"To know oneself is the most difficult and necessary journey."

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."

"It is not in the world that we will find our answers."

"We must look at reality and tell this truth, however difficult the truth is."

"It is certain that as the human being grows older and more mature, he becomes more and more himself."

"I have always been a listener. I have never been in a hurry, which I think is a remarkable quality in this modern age."

"Tell the truth, but tell it slant. Sometimes the whole truth is too harsh to speak plainly."

"I have learned that life is both more fragile and more resilient than we know."

"The mind that believes a problem has no solution stops looking."

"Wisdom comes not from having answers but from understanding better questions."

"I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen."

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

"Every human is a complex and intricate being."

"Everything that happens to you is your teacher."

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

"Praise and blame are all one to the wise."

"If our nation's scholars and leaders are to contribute their historical wisdom to the future of mankind, they must transcend the narrow perspectives of today."

"The mind that understands the complexities of human existence finds peace in embracing paradox."

"The mind that has conceived a plan of living must never lose sight of the chaos against which that pattern was conceived."

"To get to a place, a lovely place, you don't go in a straight line."

"To understand what people want, you must understand what they fear."

"The price of the ticket is your soul, but the journey is worth it."