Wisdom Quotes

"The power of thinking is proportionate to the power of acting."

"Confusion is the first step toward understanding."

"Every problem contains within it the seed of its solution."

"Wisdom arrives not from accumulation but from discernment."

"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions."

"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."

"We speak not strictly and philosophically when we talk of the combat of passion and of reason."

"The heart has its reasons which the reason knows nothing of."

"The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation."

"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher."

"Prejudice is born from ignorance, but wisdom comes from understanding."

"The understanding exerts itself after two different ways."

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

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."

"Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it."

"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."

"It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself."

"Certainty is the privilege of the uneducated."

"Passion without reason is madness."

"In the conduct of our lives, we must be guided by reason, not by fancy."

"The acts of thinking and willing are not in the mind in the way that a table or a chair is in a room."

"Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for every one to conquer."

"The greatest danger is that we mistake comfort for happiness."

"Memory is the power to retain what has been received."

"As far as knowledge reaches, sense and imagination reach not."

"Knowledge without virtue is worse than ignorance."

"Silence is the best response to a fool."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"The wise person is one who learns from others' mistakes."

"The heart's wisdom often surpasses the mind's logic."