Wisdom Quotes

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"Drink it. It's good water."

"What man can call his works to account?"

"They seemed to be awake in a world that was still asleep."

"He had the ability to recognize in advance the outcome of events."

"The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst."

"Words could build bridges or walls."

"Every human has at least one thing worth noticing."

"The man who rides ahead of himself he will have to ride behind."

"A man is not made by his strength alone."

"I have seen what pride costs."

"I learned that monsters are made, not born."

"The island gave me what no one else could: solitude and purpose."

"The gift of mortality is the gift of meaning."

"Pity is a cage dressed as compassion."

"One must be very careful about how a woman is treated, for she is made of the same material as dreams."

"Things have a life of their own. The only thing we have to do is give them a chance to live."

"The only thing worth stealing is time"

"I don't know what I want."

"It kills me sometimes, how people are."

"Bad luck does not exist, she decided. There is only bad faith, bad intentions, and bad luck."

"I learned that monsters are made, not born."

"Power without purpose is empty."

"The mortal world taught me what immortality could not."

"Mortality brings clarity that immortality obscures."

"I learned to trust in my own judgment."

"The world is sad because you're thinking about the world, Aureliano. You'll feel better if you don't think about it."

"The secret of a good old age is simply an agreement between the body and the soul to die at the same time."

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places."

"You can't change the past, but you can change how you feel about it."