Wisdom Quotes

"She values knowledge and preparation as the strongest weapons against danger"

"Know yourself and know your opponent; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated"

"Intelligence combined with kindness is a powerful force"

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

"It is not things themselves that trouble people, but their judgments about those things."

"Remind yourself that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right is to be nonetheless the free agent that you were before."

"Nothing happens to the wise man against his expectation."

"Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come to see that quiet words have power."

"Education is not merely about marks"

"You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

"Confine yourself to the present."

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."

"How much of our suffering is created by our own thoughts about events, rather than the events themselves?"

"Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently think about."

"Sanity is not statistical."

"The consequences of every act are included in the act itself."

"It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage."

"Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious."

"I understand HOW: I do not understand WHY."

"You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane."

"There is truth and there is untruth. It is necessary to be able to recognize both."

"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious."

"You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane."

"Presumably there could be no danger in a man of whose unorthodoxy you were so frankly aware."

"You begin to understand the conditions under which the Party exists."

"Sane people do not doubt their own sanity."

"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching."

"There is wisdom in being humble."

"Do you agree that I am right?"

"Take care not to ride on such a horse whilst you are not in a state for it."