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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"The sleeper has awakened."Gaius Helen Mohiam
"Walk without rhythm and we won't attract the worm."Paul Atreides
"Beginnings are delicate times."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"We shape our futures through our choices."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"One cannot simply demand the future."Paul Atreides
"To defeat an enemy, you must understand him."Thufir Hawat
"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."Ford Prefect
"A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have."Ford Prefect
"We are none of us infallible."Armstrong
"You see, but you do not observe."Sherlock Holmes
"Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person."Dr. John Watson
"You know my methods, Watson."Sherlock Holmes
"My poor fellow, you evidently believe that I have formed some extravagant theories upon insufficient data."Sherlock Holmes
"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."Sherlock Holmes
"You see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see."Sherlock Holmes
"I rely upon my judgment and my knowledge of London to aid me."Sherlock Holmes
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."Sherlock Holmes
"You appear to have come up from the West."Sherlock Holmes
"One should always look for a possible alternative."Sherlock Holmes
"There is a danger in being too clever."Sherlock Holmes
"One must observe carefully to see truly."Sherlock Holmes
"The night is dark, but reason prevails."Sherlock Holmes
"One must look beyond appearances."Sherlock Holmes
"We cannot own what we do not understand"Takver
"We mistake security for freedom until we have neither"Takver
"I'm not sure what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be and find out that you're not the man you thought you would be."Charlie Gordon
"What is intelligence if it cannot buy you happiness?"Charlie Gordon
"I realize now that being smart doesn't make you better—it only makes you different."Charlie Gordon
"Genius without compassion is just cruelty with a higher IQ."Charlie Gordon
"The real tragedy is not failing to become great, but becoming great and realizing it doesn't matter."Charlie Gordon
