Wisdom Quotes

"The wise man reads in the faces of men as others read in books."

"The vulgar mind delights in simple causes; the wise in complex ones."

"In the depths of sorrow lie the seeds of wisdom and compassion."

"To abandon tradition entirely is to abandon the wisdom of ages."

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."

"Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image."

"The highest happiness of man is to have probed what is knowable and to quietly respect what is unknowable."

"There is a wisdom in the body which the consciousness does not know."

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."

"The mystery of life is not a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."

"In the conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart."

"To the inexperienced, his conduct is foolish, but to the experienced, it is the height of prudence."

"Every human being is a unique universe."

"Wisdom comes from experience and reflection."

"The mind knows no sex; both male and female are equally capable of reason."

"Prejudice blinds the mind to reason."

"The cultivation of virtue is the highest achievement of humanity."

"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain."

"All that we suffer comes to us as teachers."

"Who would not be disillusioned when finding that the world was not made for him."

"Grief increases the acuteness of our perceptions."

"The deepest waters run the still."

"Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it."

"We ought to think with the learned, but speak with the vulgar."

"The same principles which at first lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense."

"The human mind is naturally inclined to make that judgment which results from habit."

"The soul is not imprisoned in the body; rather, it is imprisoned by its own ignorance."

"Admiration is the daughter of ignorance."

"The human understanding is framed by habit and custom."

"The greatest philosophical truths are often the simplest."