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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"The world cannot be otherwise than it is."Judge Holden
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."Albus Dumbledore
"We've all got both light and dark inside us."Sirius Black
"Understanding is the first step to acceptance."Remus Lupin
"Magic cannot cure everything."Remus Lupin
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."Gandalf
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Gandalf
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Gandalf
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."Albus Dumbledore
"Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain."Ron Weasley
"Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see."Albus Dumbledore
"Fame is a fickle friend, Harry."Albus Dumbledore
"We've all got both light and dark inside us."Sirius Black
"Do what is right, not what is easy."Albus Dumbledore
"Assumptions can be dangerous."Albus Dumbledore
"The heart knows what the mind cannot see."Albus Dumbledore
"The spirit of man is its own tormentor"Judge Holden
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."Albus Dumbledore
"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery."Albus Dumbledore
"Curiosity is not a sin, but we should exercise caution with our curiosity."Albus Dumbledore
"Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies."Albus Dumbledore
"Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike."Albus Dumbledore
"I have never been much troubled by the opinion of others."Albus Dumbledore
"Fools who wear their hearts on their sleeves, they will get those hearts broken."Lord Voldemort
"A heart has a way of knowing things that the mind cannot."Albus Dumbledore
"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the results is very difficult indeed."Albus Dumbledore
"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living."Albus Dumbledore
"Becoming less human is not something I would countenance on any account."Albus Dumbledore
"I am too old and too experienced to be easily fooled."Albus Dumbledore
"You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."Albus Dumbledore