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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"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices."Albus Dumbledore
"A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought."Jean Valjean
"I drink and know things."Tyrion Lannister
"Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not."Tyrion Lannister
"Words are wind."Davos Seaworth
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."Albus Dumbledore
"There is no shame in what you are feeling."Albus Dumbledore
"A crown does not make one wise."Tyrion Lannister
"I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I have burned down the Eld empire in time of war and rebuilt it in a time of peace. I have stolen a king's taxes once and spent it all on a beast made of bone and teeth. I have reached the end of the world and stood at the edge of the abyss. I have held回combs and smiled straight into the dark eyes of death."Kvothe
"I drink and I know things"Tyrion Lannister
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."Albus Dumbledore
"The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure."Severus Snape
"Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels, but old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young."Albus Dumbledore
"Vanity is a weakness, even in the mightiest."Albus Dumbledore
"Evil often wears a reasonable mask."Albus Dumbledore
"Some questions are more important than answers."Albus Dumbledore
"Sometimes the greatest strength is knowing when not to fight."Albus Dumbledore
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."Albus Dumbledore
"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are, it is our choices."Albus Dumbledore
"A man cannot live on hatred alone."Jean Valjean
"Some doors are better left unopened."Elodin
"The heart is a better guide than the head."Bast
"The greatest magic is understanding others."Kvothe
"Once again, you have allowed your emotions to cloud your judgment."Severus Snape
"You've been looking in the wrong place."Remus Lupin
"A man can own his pride or his life, but not both."Davos Seaworth
"I drink and I know things."Tyrion Lannister
"I drink and I know things."Tyrion Lannister
"Dragons plant no crops, build no castles."Davos Seaworth
"You are more right than you know."Tyrion Lannister