Wisdom Quotes

"There is nothing so easy as to be profound; you have only to be muddled."

"Wisdom is knowing how little you understand."

"The poor are rich in one thing: understanding how the world really works."

"The greatest tragedies often arise from the collision between what we desire and what we are capable of becoming."

"Every person contains multitudes of selves, most of which remain unknown."

"We mistake busyness for purpose and noise for communication."

"Wisdom whispers while foolishness shouts."

"If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves."

"Saying nothing sometimes says the most."

"The admirations of others is a very dangerous thing."

"Water makes a good Neighbour but one does not want to live in it."

"Pursuing Oblivion in Preference to Happiness."

"The Way to know the Way is the Way of the Soul."

"If the Foolish call them Foolish, shall the Wise call them Wise?"

"One cannot always be sure of one's deepest motives."

"To life, to letters, to the world one belongs; but to one's self one belongs less."

"To speak immoderately of any one is to speak of oneself."

"We find what we expect to find."

"The deep wells of truth are very still."

"The art of living is the art of knowing how to suffer."

"The voice of experience speaks through the voice of sorrow."

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

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."

"Noise proves nothing, often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid."

"I have never sought to control the past, only to understand it and learn from it."

"The golden rule is that there are no golden rules."

"The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."

"Better to keep your mouth shut and appear foolish than open it and remove all doubt."

"Denial ain't just a river in Egypt."