Wisdom Quotes

"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth."

"The mind can accept anything provided it is given time to grow."

"Old age is when you realize that all the labels are false."

"The soul of another is a dark forest, and we must walk carefully through it."

"Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness."

"The immature mind hops from one extreme to another."

"Maturity is achieved by gaining insight into one's limitations."

"The human heart is an abyss of contradictions."

"The measure of a man is not his wealth, but his character."

"The heart has reasons that reason knows nothing of."

"To seek is more noble than to find."

"The night brings counsel that the day keeps hidden."

"To understand another person, you must first understand yourself."

"Wisdom comes not from years but from understanding."

"A man's true wealth is measured not by what he possesses, but by what he can live without."

"The pursuit of happiness often leads us away from happiness itself."

"We envy those we consider beneath us, which makes us doubly miserable."

"I have learned that suffering does not ennoble; it merely scars."

"We call it maturity when we simply run out of hope."

"One of my eyes is a big one, and sees infinity, the other is small and sees only the present moment."

"It is not a question of accomplishing anything at all."

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

"To be wise you must taste all things in moderation."

"He was a curious mixture of shrewdness and credulity."

"Facts are the air of all action. Without them, you are swimming in dreams."

"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living."

"The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."

"Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness."

"Consciousness is a sickness."

"It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently."