Wisdom Quotes

"Guard yourself against prejudice; it is the poison of the soul."

"The heart must understand that it cannot be commanded."

"Make your choice based on conscience, not convenience."

"The path to wisdom is paved with humility."

"The night reveals what day conceals from our weary eyes."

"True knowledge begins where certainty ends."

"The heart understands what the mind refuses to acknowledge."

"In every loss, there exists a hidden gain waiting to be discovered."

"The peculiarity of the most clever men of the world is the absolute impossibility of their ever becoming wise."

"Wisdom whispers where folly shouts loudly."

"To understand others, one must first understand oneself."

"Virtue can only flourish amongst equals."

"Let it not be concluded that I wish to invert the order of things."

"The grand rewards of virtue consist in a sense of dignity."

"Profound knowledge and erudition are very desirable, but not as a substitute for good judgment."

"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness."

"Virtue is the perfection of human nature."

"Beware the man of one book."

"Character is the result of a long series of thoughts and acts."

"The heart knows what the mind cannot comprehend."

"The contemplation of beauty requires a stillness of mind."

"Wisdom comes not from accumulation, but from careful subtraction."

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

"The heart speaks in symbols that the intellect struggles to interpret."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of, but the mind must learn to listen."

"Wisdom is knowing which battles are worth fighting."

"We must always arrange our thoughts so that they seem more perfect than they could possibly be."

"The inferior man blames others. The superior man blames himself. The wise man blames no one."

"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accuse ourselves."

"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."