Wisdom Quotes

"The path to wisdom is always under construction."

"To understand another, one must first understand oneself."

"To be content is to be wise."

"Knowledge of our ignorance is the beginning of wisdom."

"The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues."

"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well."

"The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly to any sense which can be deceitful."

"Seek truth in simplicity, and distrust complexity."

"We must avoid all needless multiplying of assumptions; when we have a choice between two equally persuasive explanations, we should select the simpler."

"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."

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

"The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object of human life."

"Once you doubt, you cannot accept easily what others offer as the truth."

"Errors are the portals of discovery."

"Understanding is the beginning of acceptance."

"The greatest achievement is to be able to forget oneself."

"The unexamined life is not worth living, but the over-examined life is exhausting."

"The eye that sees is the eye of the mind."

"A wise person learns from the mistakes of others."

"The power of thought lies not in thinking, but in knowing what to think about."

"True understanding requires both reason and intuition."

"The human capacity for reason is what separates us from the beasts."

"Tolerance is the mark of an enlightened mind."

"The quality of thought determines the quality of life."

"The mind has its own light."

"Wisdom I take therefore to be the right application of knowledge."

"He who has ears to hear, let him hear what the spirit of truth says."

"To know oneself is the first goal of wisdom."

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man insists on adapting the world to himself."

"Whoever knows himself knows his Lord."