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

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