Wisdom Quotes
The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.
64329 quotes
J
C
J
G
M
M
M
M
H
D
F
F
J
J
J
O
O
M
M
W
C
C
C
C
G
G
H
O
O
O
"He sat on his horse and studied the country before him"Judge Holden
"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king"Cormac McCarthy
"Madness and genius are neighbors"Judge Holden
"She understood that men were not as indispensable as she had once believed."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever."Marie-Laure
"What is the most important thing?"Marie-Laure
"What is the most important thing? The most important thing is to not abandon it."Marie-Laure
"The world reserves the right to be difficult."Marie-Laure
"Even bad ideas are better than no ideas."Hans Hubermann
"Her words were like medication."Death
"Age is not how many years you have lived but how many years the world has been living in you."Florentino Ariza
"The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good."Florentino Ariza
"He spoke of the earth and the stones and the rising of blood"Judge Holden
"What man does not learn he repeats"Judge Holden
"All acts are moves in some greater game"Judge Holden
"You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped."Ove
"A man should stand firm in what he believes, but listen with his heart."Ove
"Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever."Madame Manec
"Blindness teaches you to see differently."Marie-Laure
"The world speaks if you know how to listen."Werner
"I learned that gods bleed the same as anyone else."Circe
"The greatest magic is knowing exactly who you are."Circe
"Mortality is not a weakness; it is a clarity."Circe
"I learned to see beyond the surface of all things."Circe
"She understood finally that the deciphering of infinite space could not be found in the stars."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"The truth was written in the stars, but no one could read it."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"Worthless."Hans Hubermann
"You can't go around saving people if they don't want to be saved."Ove
"The world is full of people who think they know better, but very few who actually do."Ove
"A man doesn't need much if he knows what matters."Ove