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 often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness, although the results are much the same."The Narrator
"A dragon is just a very large reptile with wings."Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson
"You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs, but it helps if the eggs are willing."The Narrator
"The thing about being a human is that you're human, which means you make mistakes."The Narrator
"Kings and lords can die just as easily as farmers"Arya Stark
"Believe nothing."Mr. Wednesday
"You're going to find that life won't accommodate you with easy answers."Anansi
"You are responsible for the choices you make."Anansi
"Forgiveness is harder than revenge."Laura Moon
"The price of immortality is eternal loneliness."Mr. Wednesday
"The most important step a man can take is always the next one."Wit (Hoid)
"We are not defined by our burdens, but by how we choose to carry them."Syl
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."Inigo Montoya
"Fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!"Vizzini
"Life is not a fairytale. Sometimes people die, sometimes they disappoint you."The Grandfather (narrator)
"You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles."Miracle Max
"I do not think that word means what you think."Inigo Montoya
"You can't fight City Hall. And you certainly can't fight the Almighty"Aziraphale
"They don't tell us anything useful, either Heaven or Hell"Crowley
"Plans are what you make when you want something else to happen"Crowley
"Perspective. That is the gift of age."Dalinar Kholin
"My father taught me that there is honor in trying."Dalinar Kholin
"I'm not a god. I don't want to be a god. I want only to be human."Shadow Moon
"You don't have to understand things for them to be useful."Anansi
"Every coin has two sides."Mr. Wednesday
"You can't argue with your own mythology."Mr. Wednesday
"The more you know the worse it is"Jon Snow
"I drink and I know things."Tyrion Lannister
"America is a god-eating country."Mr. Wednesday
"The battle of wits has begun."Vizzini