Wisdom Quotes

"The Other is the measure of all things."

"The Other's vulnerability is my awakening."

"The Other exceeds the categories of understanding."

"We must learn to think with our hearts and feel with our minds."

"We must learn to listen with more than our ears."

"Tradition is alive when it responds to present challenges."

"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."

"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatsoever that it is not utterly absurd."

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."

"In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted."

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

"The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts—the less you know the hotter you get."

"The arrogance of age must submit to be instructed by youth; for the contempt of the young is a symptom of vigor, not of folly."

"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. Only the wise can be certain of their uncertainty."

"Evil is the absence of thought."

"In a world of scarcity, we learn to hoard; in a world of abundance, we learn to share."

"We inherit a world not made by us and must leave one not entirely of our making."

"The capacity to sympathize is not the same as the capacity to understand."

"The experience of loss is what teaches us the value of what we have."

"We must learn to see the world through the eyes of those we oppose to truly understand them."

"The infinite is not a number but a quality of being."

"Understanding requires the surrender of understanding."

"Silence speaks louder than the most eloquent words."

"To speak is to wound the silence."

"Meaning emerges from the refusal to mean."

"The growth of the self is the awakening of authentic speech."

"Only the person who believes in the unity of the world can discover its meaning."

"The person who says no to everything is no less conditioned than the person who says yes to everything."

"The I-Thou relation is the source of all meaning."

"The heart knows wisdom that the mind cannot grasp."