Wisdom Quotes

"We are all connected; everything affects everything else."

"A problem well stated is a problem half solved."

"We must be able to entertain new ideas without accepting them."

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

"The most profound truths are often the simplest."

"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future."

"One of the favorite maxims of my father was the fact that the greatest delight is to act according to the dictates of reason."

"We must not pretend to be certain of what is yet uncertain."

"The mind that is flexible will triumph."

"We should remember that words are just labels; the reality is something deeper."

"When faced with two possibilities, always choose the third."

"Wisdom is not found in answers, but in better questions."

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

"Nothing is ever truly lost; it is only transformed."

"One's own thoughts are not enough; we must think of what other people are thinking too."

"Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple."

"What is the use of a rule when you have no laws to govern it?"

"One must separate the messenger from the message."

"Clarity of thought is the prerequisite for clarity of expression."

"The mark of a great scientist is knowing which questions to ask."

"In the end, all science reduces to simple and beautiful principles."

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"The only real valuable thing is intuition."

"The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe in its entirety."

"Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen."

"If I had an hour to solve a problem, I would spend fifty-five minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions."

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."

"In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep."