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 think we should try to understand things a bit more."Milo
"It's not how much you know that matters, but how you use it."The Mathemagician
"Think, think, think. The only way to do great things is to think."Winnie-the-Pooh
"If you have good thoughts, you will have good deeds and good deeds will make the world a better place."Willy Wonka
"A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men."Willy Wonka
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."Cheshire Cat
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."Duchess
"Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves."Duchess
"You have no idea how refreshing it is to hear a sensible remark."Caterpillar
"You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk."Duchess
"I didn't say there was anything wrong with it, only that I wouldn't have said it."Caterpillar
"The question is not where to go, but how to get there."Cheshire Cat
"You may have the sympathy and the friendship of everyone, but that does not give you the right to expect their agreement."Marilla Cuthbert
"I believe we make more headway when we stop blaming ourselves."Marilla Cuthbert
"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the street didn't look any different."Ponyboy Curtis
"Running away doesn't solve anything."Darry Curtis
"We're all pretty much alike, when you come right down to it."Johnny Cade
"There are things we can't help."Darry Curtis
"You can't believe everything you hear."Ponyboy Curtis
"When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you sometimes find that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it."Winnie-the-Pooh
"Rabbit's clever. Rabbit's smart. That's what Rabbit is."Winnie-the-Pooh
"Before we begin our adventure, don't you think we should have a Plan?"Piglet
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."Johnny Cade
"I was wrong. I could see that now."Ponyboy Curtis
"You can't go back. All you can do is improve the present."Johnny Cade
"Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog."Matilda Wormwood
"Life is full of surprises for those who pay attention."Miss Honey
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."Willy Wonka
"Every good factory must have rules."Willy Wonka
"True wealth is not in gold but in imagination."Willy Wonka