Wisdom Quotes

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

"Speak the truth, but leave immediately after."

"Do not mistake reserve for coldness of heart."

"Avoid those who flatter you excessively; they deceive."

"The heart knows what the mind struggles to understand."

"Life's greatest lessons are often learned through pain."

"The beautiful often masks the corrupt; be wary."

"I have learned that judgment clouds understanding."

"I have found that silence often speaks louder than words."

"I have learned that pride precedes the deepest falls."

"If you ever look back, don't look back with regret but with wisdom."

"The mind is a powerful thing when set free."

"To know oneself is the beginning of wisdom."

"To understand others, we must understand ourselves."

"The greatest gift is understanding."

"We are all victims of circumstance to some degree, yet we retain the power to choose our response."

"We are all strangers to ourselves, much less to others."

"We are all both victims and perpetrators in the human drama."

"We are authors of our fate only insofar as we acknowledge its constraints."

"If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and we should die of that roar which is silent all around us."

"Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous."

"The heart has its own wisdom that reason cannot teach."

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

"In darkness, we learn to value the light."

"The most profound discoveries are often the simplest."

"The most precious things are not measured in monetary worth"

"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be"

"All that glitters is not gold"

"One cannot direct the wind but can adjust the sails"

"Wisdom comes not from years alone, but from reflection upon experience."