Wisdom Quotes

"The path of righteousness is rarely the easiest path."

"To understand others, we must first understand ourselves."

"The pursuit of perfection prevents the achievement of excellence."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing."

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

"Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a bowl to digest."

"Sorrow is the great teacher, but man must not be sorrowful unto death."

"Absence is high wisdom to all, methinks."

"Grief may be joy misunderstood."

"The mind is a terrible thing when it runs away with itself."

"If sorrow has taught me anything, it is this—that the heart of man is deeper than his reason."

"Expect nothing, and you will never be disappointed."

"The human heart is a strange instrument."

"Intellect alone cannot govern our lives."

"The greatest treasures are often invisible to the eye."

"There is such a thing as giving too much weight to mere circumstance."

"The golden rule is that there are no golden rules."

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

"The young are always ready to give those who are older than themselves the full benefit of their inexperience."

"A man who uses many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman; the more ammunition he wastes, the less he is likely to hit the target."

"The truth is that culture is worth nothing unless it is power to change the world."

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

"Bitterness is a disease of the spirit."

"The heart knows truths the mind cannot comprehend."

"The most profound wisdom often comes from the most unlikely sources."

"Silence can speak louder than the most eloquent words."

"I celebrate the complexity and contradiction of the human heart."

"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

"Give me the luxuries and I can dispense with the necessities."