Wisdom Quotes

"The Golden Rule is that there are no golden rules."

"Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature."

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

"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."

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

"Wisdom comes with age and experience."

"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."

"Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing."

"There is no sin except stupidity."

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."

"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."

"As one grows older one becomes wiser and better-looking."

"The way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it and see what follows."

"The paradox is only the truth standing on its head to attract attention."

"The tears of the world are a constant quantity."

"I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them."

"I'm in the land of the blind and I'm half-blind too."

"Better to lose everything than to gain it."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"We must be content to know very little."

"I have as much to say as always, which is nothing."

"We cannot escape ourselves no matter how far we run."

"In the depths of despair, we find ourselves."

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

"In the particular is contained the universal."

"The human heart contains multitudes."

"The eternal now is where all truth resides."

"The greatest wisdom is in knowing yourself."

"There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness, and truth."