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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"Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so."
Jo March
M
"We all have our own temptations."
Marmee
M
"We must not waste our time in getting dipped."
Marmee
J
"Success is a lovely thing, but it's not the only thing."
Jo March
R
"The hardest thing to do is the right thing."
Rahim Khan
A
"I had to face my past to have a future."
Amir
O
"Beware of humans bearing gifts."
Old Major
O
"Frederick and Pilkington were both equally untrustworthy."
Old Major
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"Being rich ain't what it's cracked up to be."
Huckleberry Finn
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"I know zoos are no longer in peoples good graces. Religion, I take it, is in the same boat."
Pi Patel
P
"It is often better not to know things."
Pi Patel
P
"To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation."
Pi Patel
P
"Habit is the guide to all mankind."
Pi Patel
P
"Maturity: the period of life during which we stop arguing with ourselves and our elders."
Pi Patel
P
"You can recite facts. But facts are not the only thing that matter in life."
Pi Patel
R
"The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it"
Rahim Khan
B
"You can be anything you want, Amir. But perhaps it's better if you're honest"
Baba
O
"No animal shall drink alcohol"
Old Major
T
"The sea is a mirror of the psyche. Sometimes calm, sometimes turbulent, always revealing truth to those who observe carefully."
The Narrator
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"It's a strange business."
Sheriff Bell
P
"I am a person who believes in form, in the architectures of things."
Pi Patel
P
"We are all born like mammals. But our evolution doesn't stop there."
Pi Patel
P
"Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane."
Pi Patel
P
"It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go."
Pi Patel
T
"Despair is the price one pays for every creature comfort."
The Narrator
T
"I am an observer of life, not a participant in it."
The Narrator
T
"Animals cannot speak, so we assume they don't think or feel as deeply as we do."
The Narrator
T
"Reasonable men adapt themselves to their world; unreasonable men adapt the world to themselves."
The Narrator
T
"Humans are capable of both magnificent achievement and terrible cruelty."
The Narrator
T
"If you stumble, make it part of the dance."
The Narrator