Wisdom Quotes

"In sorrow there is room for wisdom."

"What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing."

"Wisdom lies in knowing when to speak and when to hold one's tongue."

"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."

"What we resist persists; what we surrender transforms."

"The past cannot be changed; the future is yet in your power."

"The heart knows what the mind cannot comprehend."

"The moment of triumph is often the moment of greatest danger."

"Wisdom comes not from years, but from understanding."

"The pursuit of perfection is the enemy of progress."

"The music of the spheres is heard only by the wise."

"All that glisters is not gold."

"Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest."

"The better part of valor is discretion."

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

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

"If you want to know yourself, observe how others react to you."

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."

"The greatest wisdom is not in seeing into the future, but in not desiring to do so."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"Let not pride blind you to the wisdom of counsel."

"The tongue can heal or destroy; choose wisely."

"The warrior who knows when not to fight is the wisest of all."

"The greatest treasures are invisible to the eye."

"The mind is everything; what you think, you become."

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

"To live is to choose; but to choose well requires wisdom."

"What you resist persists; what you accept transforms."

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

"Consider your origins; you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge"