Wisdom Quotes

"What is strength without a double share of wisdom?"

"To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life."

"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."

"Silent as the grave, yet vocal in their influence, are the words we leave unspoken."

"Do not assume the heart of another; for therein lies the seed of all misunderstanding."

"The greatest deception is self-deception."

"The world judges the cover while the soul reads the pages within."

"Some silences speak louder than any word ever could."

"The young man sits and listens; the old man speaks with his silence."

"The roads of excess lead to the palace of wisdom."

"To be wise you must first be humble."

"The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed."

"Feeling without judgement is a washy drabble."

"The human heart has infinite depths."

"The human soul is a strange creation."

"Expectation is the root of all heartache."

"Character is destiny."

"The soul requires nourishment as the body requires food."

"I have learned to trust my instincts above all else."

"I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."

"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."

"When we learn to read the sky like we read books, we will have learned a great truth."

"The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose ears she wins."

"Do not scratch where it itches; find out why it itches and remove the cause."

"I asked to be told the secret of anything."

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."

"Beware of the man who does not read books."

"I can resist everything except temptation."

"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."

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