Wisdom Quotes

"The mind is like water; it takes the shape of its container."

"A man without doubt is a man without growth."

"The silence between words often carries more meaning than the words themselves."

"Civilization begins with distillation."

"Don't borrow trouble. Each day has troubles of its own."

"The end of wisdom is freedom."

"What is evil but good corrupted?"

"Life is like running a race; you must pace yourself."

"My soul has grown deep like the rivers."

"Wisdom comes from listening to those who came before us."

"You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another."

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."

"The world is full of people giving advice that they themselves don't follow."

"Never confuse movement with action."

"Most of the world is asleep. Only a few of us are awake. And we are having the most terrible nightmares."

"It is impossible for me to estimate how many problems we escape by the mere inaction on a thousand trifling matters."

"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."

"The problem is you are trying too hard to think."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"The greatest achievement is being able to forgive."

"Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand."

"I feel that I have gained the right to understand as I understand."

"A hard head makes a soft behind."

"I am my own compass, and I trust my direction."

"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 only when a man begins to live that he begins to learn."

"The effort to understand cannot itself be the barrier to understanding."

"People pay for what they do, and, still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become."

"Your past is your teacher, not your captor."

"Until you can love what you hate, you will never be whole."