Wisdom Quotes

"The tongue of the wise heals, while the tongue of the fool wounds."

"The heart of the fool is in his mouth, while the mouth of the wise is in his heart."

"The mirror is a teacher: if you want to know yourself, look in it."

"Envy is a disease of the heart."

"The tongue is a weapon; guard it well."

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

"The wise learn from the mistakes of others; the fool learns from his own."

"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is its proper use."

"He who listens learns; he who speaks thinks he knows."

"The pursuit of perfection is noble, but acceptance of self is wise."

"Wisdom whispers; foolishness shouts."

"True knowledge comes from understanding the nature of things."

"The heart must be purified before the mind can receive wisdom."

"The intellect is the noblest part of man."

"A wise man should speak only when necessary, and listen always."

"The heart knows things the mind will never understand."

"The account of creation is not to be taken literally, for it contains profound mysteries."

"The person who listens well learns more than the person who speaks much."

"Wisdom comes not from answers, but from learning to ask better questions."

"The mind's highest good is the knowledge of God; the mind's highest virtue is to know God."

"Insofar as the mind understands all things as necessary, it has a certain power of affecting the emotions."

"Reason teaches us the need for union and common life; thus reason teaches us to live according to the rules of reason."

"Whatever increases or diminishes the power of acting of our body, the idea of it increases or diminishes the power of thinking of our mind."

"He who properly understands that all things follow from necessity will find nothing worthy of hatred."

"Those things which are common to all things and which are equally in a part as in a whole form only the foundations of our understanding."

"Reason directs us to seek for ourselves and our friends that which is truly useful."

"The highest human good consists in having the power of forming good ideas, in understanding all things through ideas."

"Anything which increases the body's capacity for action increases the mind's capacity for thought."

"The more the mind understands all things as governed by necessity, the greater is the power of the mind over the emotions."

"The highest virtue of the mind is to know things under the aspect of eternity."