Wisdom Quotes

"Sadness teaches what happiness never can."

"To doubt is to think, and to think is to suffer."

"The deepest truths are always spoken in whispers."

"In darkness, we learn the true value of light."

"The heart understands what reason cannot explain."

"In darkness, we learn that light is a gift, not a right."

"To understand the world, one must first understand oneself."

"The greatest wisdom often wears the mask of simplicity."

"The most profound truths are often hidden in the simplest observations."

"The path to wisdom is paved with the stones of past mistakes."

"Prudishness is a kind of avarice, the worst of all."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves."

"A wise man doesn't give the right answer, he poses the right question."

"The defect of judgment is the same as the defect of sight."

"The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray."

"The wise man doesn't condemn anyone."

"Vanity is the quicksand of reason."

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

"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity."

"The only thing that can console us for being unhappy is to fancy ourselves unhappy for noble reasons."

"Boredom is a disease of wisdom."

"Remorse is the poison of life."

"The secret of life is not to do what one likes, but to like what one has to do."

"The world is divided into two classes: those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable."

"Passion is a great force, but reason must always guide it."

"The pursuit of the perfect is the enemy of the good."

"The most dangerous thing is to believe in one's own invincibility."

"The heart speaks a language that reason cannot understand."

"True wisdom is knowing what you do not know."