Wisdom Quotes

"It is necessary to be wary of those who are too zealous in their devotion."

"The smallest grain of salt is enough to flavor the whole pot."

"A fool is content with his own opinions."

"A wise man adapts himself to circumstances."

"A man of learning is but a learned fool."

"The best way to understand a man is to watch his actions"

"As if it were easy to know oneself"

"If we cannot live only for the pleasures of the intellect, we certainly cannot live only for those of the body"

"To know oneself is above all to know what one can do"

"We must take ourselves seriously, though not literally"

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

"Our defects are the price we pay for our existence."

"The ineffable is only the ineffably banal."

"Even the slightest thing contains a whole world."

"Wisdom comes from experience."

"Understanding is partly the result of feeling."

"The paradox of experience is that it teaches us while it deceives us."

"There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance."

"The true journey of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

"The most important thing is to keep the most important thing the most important thing."

"Wisdom consists of not departing from nature and regulating conduct according to its laws."

"If you attempt to beat down the door to abstract truth, you will get splinters in your hand."

"Talent is something, but tact is everything."

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

"The true path to enlightenment passes through the gates of self-knowledge."

"Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question."

"Fortunately, everything that is absurd eventually becomes reasonable."

"Beware of those who believe in the absolute power of words."

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."

"What matters is not whether we are right, but that we continue to think."