Wisdom Quotes

"The greatest wisdom is knowing that you know nothing."

"I have learned that seeking itself can become a trap."

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

"All grown-ups were once children, although few of them remember it."

"Only the children know what they are looking for."

"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly."

"Men have forgotten this truth. But you mustn't forget it."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

"When we stop asking about the meaning of life, life stops questioning us."

"What matters is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment."

"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding."

"Breaking through clouds, that's not flying. That's just rushing to find a cloud."

"Flying is not really about moving your wings. It's a state of being."

"Overcome space and all we have left is Here. Overcome time and all we have left is Now."

"What is essential is invisible to the eye."

"One sees clearly only with the heart."

"All grown-ups were once children, but only few of them remember it."

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

"The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour."

"We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us."

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going"

"I have learned that sorrow and joy are two sides of the same moment"

"To understand the heart and mind of a person, begin not with their reason but to faith; begin not with their acts but with their dreams."

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked."

"Sorrow is your own sorrow."

"Eat when you are hungry and drink when you are thirsty."

"There are those who give and their giving adds weariness to the world."

"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself."

"And the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man."

"No one can teach you but the wind can; and only the wind teaches you to dance."