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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"Forget yourself and you will immediately succeed."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."
Atticus Finch
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"Sometimes it's better to turn a blind eye and deaf ear."
Scout Finch
C
"You can't buy dignity, but you sure can lose it easy."
Chief Bromden
I
"To be conscious is to be in anguish"
Ivan Karamazov
M
"Some people are worth their weight in tungsten."
Milo Minderbinder
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"Life's greatest lesson is that we control less than we believe"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
C
"Everybody on the ward is a little bit crazy."
Chief Bromden
C
"Now I can see clearly."
Chief Bromden
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"Insanity is contagious."
Yossarian
D
"You're wasting your time. It won't do you any good."
Doc Daneeka
A
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."
Atticus Finch
M
"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Miss Maudie Atkinson
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"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."
Scout Finch
A
"You don't have to be sorry. He called you ugly names, but he is still trash."
Atticus Finch
A
"You must never work at belonging to the world, Scout. It'll have little use for you either way."
Atticus Finch
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"Routine is the opium of the soul"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
C
"Once you lose your head, it's gone forever."
Cheswick
D
"I can't fix what's broken in here."
Doctor Spivey
M
"You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices."
Mustapha Mond
I
"Suffering is the only origin of consciousness."
Ivan Karamazov
D
"The heart has reasons that reason knows nothing of."
Dmitri Karamazov
M
"One cannot have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for"
Mustapha Mond
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"The greatest wisdom is in knowing the extent of our ignorance."
Pierre Bezukhov
R
"Medication isn't the answer to everything."
Randle McMurphy
C
"The outside world isn't much better than this place."
Chief Bromden
R
"Sometimes the crazy ones see the truth."
Randle McMurphy
S
"Atticus was right. One time he said you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."
Scout Finch
S
"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."
Scout Finch