Wisdom Quotes

The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.

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"The fool seeks happiness in external things; the wise man finds it within."
Epicurus
F
"The best advice is the kind people don't follow anyway."
Frank Jr.
R
"A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"The real treasures are in the heart."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"I was such a child."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
E
"The board is set, the pieces are moving. But into what end-game do we ride?"
Elrond
E
"Those who dwell in the light do not see the shadows that grow in darkness."
Elrond
E
"Every choice echoes through the ages. Choose well."
Elrond
E
"I have dwelt in this world since its making, yet still there is much I do not understand."
Elrond
S
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Socrates
S
"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."
Socrates
S
"Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people."
Socrates
S
"The only certain knowledge is that we know nothing."
Socrates
S
"I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do."
Socrates
S
"To understand all, is to forgive all."
Socrates
S
"The ancient oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. But the truth of the proposition he set before me as the difficulty."
Socrates
S
"Turn your wounds into wisdom."
Socrates
S
"To see is to understand; to understand is to be wise; to be wise is to endure."
Socrates
R
"You can't marry a man you just met."
Rapunzel
R
"Every thing and every one has a story."
Rapunzel
R
"Pain helps us become who we're meant to be."
Rapunzel
R
"Life is too short to waste on regrets."
Rapunzel
R
"The light I saw was my own light all along."
Rapunzel
H
"It's our choices that show what we truly are."
Hermione Granger
H
"Magic is wonderful, but understanding it is more wonderful still."
Hermione Granger
H
"Time teaches us valuable lessons if we pay attention."
Hermione Granger
H
"The details matter more than people realize."
Hermione Granger
H
"I believe in questioning authority when necessary."
Hermione Granger
H
"Magic requires understanding, not just ability."
Hermione Granger
B
"To understand one's enemy is to understand oneself."
Boromir