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 only listen when it really matters"Edward Cullen
"You don't know what you're asking"Edward Cullen
"Surrender is the only way"Edward Cullen
"I drink and I know things."Tyrion Lannister
"All dwarfs may be bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs."Tyrion Lannister
"Fear is just a weakness they exploit."Minho
"Every choice we make matters."Teresa
"I drink and I know things."Tyrion Lannister
"Words are wind."Davos Seaworth
"A person is smart. People are dumb."Thufir Hawat
"I am just a man. But I have become what I am by accepting myself."Paul Atreides
"My father once told me that revenge is a meal best served cold."Paul Atreides
"A tool has no power of its own; it acts through the will of the wielder."Thufir Hawat
"In chaos, we discover our true nature."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"To understand an enemy, you must become them."Thufir Hawat
"I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest."Tris Prior
"Simulation can test your ability to stay calm, but not your ability to think."Four/Tobias Eaton
"To remain calm and to think clearly under pressure is a skill worth mastering."Four/Tobias Eaton
"We are all capable of being both good and evil."Tris Prior
"I'm thinking of my own safety and your safety. And the safety of everyone around us."Edward Cullen
"I drink and I know things"Tyrion Lannister
"What you risk reveals what you value."Four/Tobias Eaton
"The maze has rules. We just have to find them."Minho
"The real threat is never from the Careers. It's from the environment."Haymitch Abernathy
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"Salvor Hardin
"Sometimes you have to go back to actually move forward."Teresa
"We're fools if we don't see what's coming."Haymitch Abernathy
"You can't trust anyone."Haymitch Abernathy
"You must learn to see."Gaius Helen Mohiam
"Those who lose themselves in pursuit of power lose everything."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions