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 heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of"Ivan Karamazov
"Insanity is contagious."Doc Daneeka
"Being sane is a full-time job."Cheswick
"We're all crazy in here, just in different ways."Chief Bromden
"You're not sick, you're just awake."Randle McMurphy
"The real asylum is out there, not in here."Chief Bromden
"The heart's desires are often wiser than the mind's calculations."Natasha Rostova
"Cleverness is not wisdom."Javert
"To rise in the morning resolved to be happy is going to bed every night assured of disappointment."Jean Valjean
"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for."Ivan Karamazov
"I don't want to be safe; I want meaning."John the Savage
"You're not gonna count how many upstairs they are, are you?"Chief Bromden
"Everything comes to those who wait"Pierre Bezukhov
"You don't have to look around. There is no where else to look."Tralfamadorian
"The most important thing I have to say is this: I've been granted a high privilege."Billy Pilgrim
"The heart has reasons that reason knows nothing of."Fantine
"Insanity is contagious."Yossarian
"I have something to say about nostalgia"Mustapha Mond
"Simplicity is the last degree of sophistication"Natasha Rostova
"The greatest discoveries come from observing what others overlook"Pierre Bezukhov
"The heart knows what the mind cannot comprehend"Natasha Rostova
"How niceāto feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."Billy Pilgrim
"I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains."Billy Pilgrim
"I'm not saying they're not just doing it because they want to. But I am saying that they're doing it."Chief Bromden
"Medication is a form of love, in a way."Nurse Ratched
"Insanity is contagious."Doc Daneeka
"The only real victory is in refusing to play."Yossarian
"Despair is sometimes the only response to truth"Ivan Karamazov
"A moment of understanding is worth a lifetime of philosophy"Dmitri Karamazov
"Sometimes it's a hard world to live in. All you do is what you think you're supposed to do."Chief Bromden