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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"I have always found that the wisest people bestow the most admiration on those who surpass them."
Albus Dumbledore
H
"Dumbledore says he will set store by nothing I say, because I am no Occlumencer."
Harry Potter
A
"The memory is a curious thing."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Curiosity is not a sin, but we should exercise caution with our curiosity."
Albus Dumbledore
T
"I drink and I know things"
Tyrion Lannister
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"It was not, in the end, the stone itself, but what it represented."
Albus Dumbledore
H
"I understand. I understand better than you think."
Harry Potter
A
"The greatest witches and wizards are those who have learned from their mistakes."
Albus Dumbledore
T
"I drink and I know things."
Tyrion Lannister
D
"Words are wind."
Davos Seaworth
T
"I drink and I know things"
Tyrion Lannister
D
"A sword is an answer to some questions, but not all"
Davos Seaworth
T
"That's what I do. I drink and I know things"
Tyrion Lannister
T
"I drink and I know things"
Tyrion Lannister
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
"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Pain and sorrow are more teachers than joy ever could be."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Ah, yes. Harry. You might have been killed. You were very lucky, but that was very foolish"
Albus Dumbledore
A
"What is coming will come, and we will meet it when it does"
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies"
Albus Dumbledore
A
"The world is not split into good people and Death Eaters"
Albus Dumbledore
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."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them."
Albus Dumbledore