Wisdom Quotes

"Without reflection we go blindly on our way."

"What seems difficult and complex in the present becomes simple in retrospect."

"The path to wisdom is long and winding."

"Action without thought is blind; thought without action is empty."

"To understand oneself is to understand the universe."

"The greatest wisdom lies in knowing what we do not know and remaining humble before the mysteries of existence."

"True wisdom knows when to speak and when to remain silent, when to act and when to wait."

"The pursuit of permanent happiness is a delusion; wisdom lies in accepting the natural rhythms of life."

"To understand another person is to expand the boundaries of our own humanity."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time without losing the ability to function."

"A problem well put is half solved."

"Experience has to be lived forward, but can only be understood backward."

"As a rule an aim thought of apart from its means is vague and empty."

"The most significant question we can ask is: what problem are we trying to solve?"

"Until we make our mistakes and show ourselves willing to learn from them we do not know much."

"Wisdom is not found on dusty shelves. It is found in the active lives of men and women."

"Method is not something that exists by itself. It is effective only in relation to a purpose."

"The demand for certainty is one appropriate to conduct but not to understanding."

"Wisdom is not the possession of knowledge alone, but the right use of it."

"Every error is a hidden lesson for those wise enough to seek it."

"The heart knows truths that the mind must labor long to understand."

"The legacy we leave is not in our possessions, but in what we inspire others to become."

"Reason is the substance of the universe."

"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances."

"The particular contains the universal within itself."

"Reason realizes itself in history."

"Thought must think itself; being must be thought."

"The concrete is richer than the abstract."

"The cunning of reason guides history to its end."

"The finger points at the moon, but the moon is not in the finger."