Wisdom Quotes

"The most important thing is that we never stop asking questions."

"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it."

"I have learned that the head does not hear anything until the heart has listened."

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."

"Every great mistake teaches a great lesson if we are humble enough to learn."

"I have never been able to discover anything noble about poverty except poverty."

"The purpose of an open mind, like an open mouth, is to close it on something solid."

"It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of action, we should take the one which we think will be less destructive."

"It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning."

"We cannot learn wisdom from the past; we can only learn to tolerate it."

"About morals, I'm sure only of this: all I know of morality I have learned from racing in the rain against the clock."

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

"Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast."

"The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector."

"You don't have to be rich to be unhappy."

"In life, you learn to value the things that money cannot buy."

"We are all subject to the pull of forces we do not understand."

"The very essence of greatness is the ability to stand still and listen to the silence."

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

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"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."

"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection."

"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."

"In any case, it is easy to be clever if you do not have to be too clever."

"The maturing of a man is the maturing of his sense of humor."

"Do you know what flattery is? It's telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself."

"The years teach much which the days never know."

"The fundamental cure of trouble is not in one place or one thing alone."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas and still function."

"There are many ways to be wise; wisdom is not the exclusive domain of the old."