Wisdom Quotes

"The most valuable knowledge is often that which cannot be articulated or taught"

"The market is not perfect but it is better than the alternative of conscious control"

"Customs and traditions contain wisdom that conscious reason cannot fully explain"

"Understanding economics means understanding why your intentions cannot substitute for others' knowledge"

"Understanding the limits of our knowledge is the beginning of wisdom"

"The mind is like a garden that must be cultivated with care and attention to flourish."

"The measure of a person's wisdom is found in their capacity to listen more than speak."

"Understanding precedes judgment; rush to neither without the other."

"The mind is dependent entirely upon the body for its operations."

"True enlightenment comes from accepting our material nature fully."

"We should pity rather than condemn those enslaved by superstition."

"Excess in pleasure is itself a form of pain, mechanically speaking."

"Wisdom consists in knowing the limits of one's mechanical capabilities."

"Folly is the pretense to powers the machine does not possess."

"What distinguishes the civilized man from the savage is largely the accumulated capital of knowledge."

"The unintended consequences of well-meaning policies are often more significant than intended ones."

"I am not what I seem, but what I perceive myself to be."

"We mistake the map for the territory, the idea for the thing itself."

"The unexamined perception leads to an unexamined life."

"Wisdom is knowing which perceptions to trust and which to question."

"Quality is never in the object itself but always in the perceiver."

"Language shapes perception more than perception shapes language."

"The infinite is accessible through the particular that is perceived."

"The material world as commonly conceived is an illusion born of false abstraction."

"Common sense, properly understood, is the best guide to reality."

"Simplicity is the hallmark of truth; complexity often masks confusion."

"Certainty of punishment, even if mild, makes a stronger impression than fear of a severe one that is uncertain."

"Excessive severity in punishment hardens men rather than reforms them."

"Familiarity with crime leads to a contempt for punishment."

"The certainty of being punished is the true brake upon crimes."