Wisdom Quotes

"The greatest safety lies in the middle way."

"Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man."

"A man can only control his own actions, not the consequences they produce."

"The choice between good and evil is made moment by moment, day by day."

"The highest human dignity is in the capacity to suffer."

"What matters in life is not what happens to us, but how we respond."

"The heart knows truths that the mind cannot comprehend."

"The presence of the problem does not mean the solution is absent."

"The heart knows what the mind cannot grasp."

"A man who wants the respect of intelligent men stays away from public notice."

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

"The shame of being born is the beginning of wisdom."

"We can't have everybody talking at once."

"Perhaps there is a beast."

"You can't have everyone talking at once."

"A fire! We've got to have a fire!"

"My specs! Where are my specs?"

"That's not the way."

"What I mean is... maybe it's some sort of animal."

"Destiny is a fairly good god. It doesn't screw you when you aren't looking."

"Nobody can help you if you don't want help."

"That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones"

"Conch he will have to do the best he can."

"Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!"

"One can't depend on anybody here."

"I have lived in the darkness, and seen things you cannot imagine."

"The time was absolutely ripe."

"Man cannot alter the past, but he can ruin the present by worrying about the future"

"The greatest wisdom is simplicity"

"A moment of clarity is worth a lifetime of confusion"