Wisdom Quotes
The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.
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"The degree of ones emotions varies inversely with ones knowledge of the facts"Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Love only the strong"Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Reason guides me only to conclusions"Fyodor Dostoevsky
"The heart is the master; the mind is the servant"Fyodor Dostoevsky
"If you wish to truly understand something, try to change it."Maxim Gorky
"The capacity to feel deeply is what separates humanity from mere existence."Maxim Gorky
"Understanding begins when we stop assuming and start truly listening."Maxim Gorky
"The greatest wisdom is to know oneself."Ivan Turgenev
"The mind that never doubts is the mind that never grows."Ivan Turgenev
"One should be wise, but not too wise."Aleksandr Pushkin
"The price of wisdom is often sorrow."Aleksandr Pushkin
"The mind can be both our greatest tool and worst enemy."Aleksandr Pushkin
"Wisdom whispers where folly shouts."Aleksandr Pushkin
"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."Mikhail Lermontov
"The soul recognizes what the mind denies."Mikhail Lermontov
"Wisdom is knowing which doors not to open."Mikhail Lermontov
"The heart's wisdom is older than the mind's knowledge."Mikhail Lermontov
"Wisdom is knowing what you do not know and embracing that mystery."Nikolai Gogol
"Incompetence is when you can't do a thing; but the real problem is not knowing that you can't do a thing."Anton Chekhov
"The more I live and the more I think, I realize that I know nothing."Anton Chekhov
"You can navigate this world if you keep your eyes open."Anton Chekhov
"The stupidest thing one can do is to declare: I am wise."Anton Chekhov
"We are all born mad; some remain so."Samuel Beckett
"The heart is a senseless thing."Samuel Beckett
"Expectation is the root of all heartache."Samuel Beckett
"Forgetting might be a mercy."Samuel Beckett
"Beauty fades but stupidity is forever."Samuel Beckett
"Finding meaning is the great struggle."Samuel Beckett
"To understand is to forgive."Samuel Beckett
"The greatest wisdom is to know yourself."Leo Tolstoy