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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T
"Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens."
The Humbug
D
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."
Duchess
D
"Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves."
Duchess
B
"Sometimes the best decisions are the hardest ones"
Billy Dunne
B
"I had to learn that I couldn't save anyone but myself"
Billy Dunne
J
"Socs are just guys, man."
Johnny Cade
P
"We're all pretty emotional."
Ponyboy Curtis
P
"I don't know why."
Ponyboy Curtis
A
"One can't believe impossible things."
Alice
D
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."
Duchess
T
"It is not just an empty country. Things have their uses."
The Humbug
K
"Your ignorance is a kingdom, and you are its only subject."
King Azaz
T
"Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens."
The Humbug
T
"There's always a reason for everything that happens."
The Mathemagician
T
"The world makes sense if you look at it properly."
The Mathemagician
W
"Organizing is what you do before you do something."
Winnie-the-Pooh
W
"I am not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost."
Winnie-the-Pooh
W
"The hurrier I go, the behinder I get."
Winnie-the-Pooh
W
"When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open."
Winnie-the-Pooh
W
"Is it raining, Piglet?... No.... Is it going to rain?... I don't know.... That's the Bother about it."
Winnie-the-Pooh
D
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it"
Duchess
P
"Hate never accomplished anything."
Ponyboy Curtis
W
"An empty pot is still a pot."
Winnie-the-Pooh
E
"Rabbits are clever, but not always very thoughtful."
Eeyore
W
"Think, think, think. That is what I do."
Winnie-the-Pooh
W
"Doing nothing often leads to the very best something."
Winnie-the-Pooh
E
"I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true."
Eeyore
T
"I learned to question everything"
Tara Westover
C
"We're all mad here."
Cheshire Cat
D
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."
Duchess