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