Wisdom Quotes

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your questions."

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"Strive for progress, not perfection."

"He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich."

"Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it."

"Wisdom comes through suffering."

"A mind that is stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimension."

"Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children."

"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances as water molds itself to the pitcher."

"To be silent is sometimes to speak the loudest."

"In diversity, there is strength and beauty."

"The silent observer learns what the loud speaker never will."

"Wisdom comes not from books alone, but from the careful observation of human nature."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas and still function."

"Wisdom is knowing the difference between what can be changed and what must be accepted."

"The pursuit of wisdom requires the humility to admit ignorance."

"A mind closed to new ideas is a mind in decline."

"True wisdom acknowledges the limits of human understanding."

"The greatest victories are often won through understanding rather than force."

"To know nothing is the beginning of true learning."

"Moderation is the best remedy for all things."

"The world is but a mirror reflecting the state of one's mind."

"The greatest discovery is that which cannot be measured."

"Silence can be more powerful than the loudest speech."

"The mind expands through contemplation and contracts through fear."

"I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody."

"Silence is the virtue of fools."

"It is a hard matter to argue with the belly, since it has no ears."

"The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord."