Wisdom Quotes

"The world is mad, and I am only the madman who knows it."

"The art of being a good guest is knowing when to leave."

"Ah, how fatal is the lore which all to ruin brings."

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

"A strong mind will create a strong life."

"What we plant in our minds, we harvest in our lives."

"The heart knows what the mind has yet to learn."

"In the examination of human nature, we find both our greatest inspiration and deepest disappointment."

"There is nothing so little in the world as to be beneath notice."

"The greatest of human follies is to love money more than life itself."

"Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only an inconvenience; you may find it a calamity."

"The greatest difficulty in life is knowing oneself."

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

"The path to wisdom is paved with humility."

"The wise man knows his own ignorance."

"The great secret of morals is Love."

"Wisdom is not found in books alone."

"Let us step slowly, for we are approaching the truth."

"Govern thy life by love, not by law."

"To know oneself is to possess the greatest wisdom available to mankind."

"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing man sees would appear to man as it is, Infinite."

"The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction."

"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."

"In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."

"To Generalize is to be an Idiot."

"The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure."

"Abstinence sows sand, indulgence reaps gold."

"A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees."

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose."

"Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example."