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

C
"I learned that being alone was not the same as being powerless."
Circe
C
"The greatest magic was knowing who I was."
Circe
J
"When a man is loaded with privileges, he must not complain of his fate."
Jean Valjean
J
"The night is a time for counsel."
Jean Valjean
G
"He was still too close to his recent past of smiles and prosperity to understand the advantage of adversity."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
G
"He read by candlelight long into the night, seeking answers in ancient texts."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
G
"He understood too late that wisdom often arrives when action is no longer possible."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
N
"Sometimes the person you need to forgive most is yourself."
Nora Seed
O
"You have to make your peace with the past."
Old Man
K
"To survive is to understand the law of the land."
Kid
K
"There is a price for all things."
Kid
C
"I would not change myself to suit anyone."
Circe
C
"I learned that mortality has its own beauty."
Circe
C
"The gods cannot touch what they do not understand."
Circe
C
"I learned that forgiveness is not weakness."
Circe
C
"I learned that power can be gentle."
Circe
C
"I learned to trust my own instincts."
Circe
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
G
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Gandalf
G
"I wish none of this had happened. So do I, and so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide."
Gandalf
G
"Even the very wise cannot see all ends."
Gandalf
G
"A wizard should know better."
Gandalf
G
"Born of the mountain, a day of choice comes."
Gandalf
A
"I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness."
Aragorn
A
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live"
Albus Dumbledore
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Fame is a fickle thing"
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living"
Albus Dumbledore
A
"You can choose a man by his shoes"
Albus Dumbledore
A
"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do"
Albus Dumbledore