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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"A measurement dismissed is knowledge abandoned."Hipparchus
"Those who see only what they expect to see are blind to what is actually there."Hipparchus
"To doubt is human; to doubt carefully and methodically is divine."Hipparchus
"In the cycles of heavenly bodies, we learn that return is not always repetition."Hipparchus
"To study the stars is to study the limits and possibilities of human knowledge in one gesture."Hipparchus
"Wherefore I say that nothing should be believed except what is in accordance with reason."Galen
"It is not enough to know what you should do; you must also know why you should do it."Galen
"In medicine, as in life, prognosis is everything."Galen
"Reason should govern all our actions."Galen
"The physician must be a philosopher first."Galen
"Through experience comes understanding."Galen
"Observation without reason is merely collection."Galen
"In every disease, there is a lesson to be learned."Galen
"Reason is the highest faculty of man."Galen
"The mind that questions is the mind that grows."Galen
"True healing comes from understanding the root cause."Galen
"Knowledge without wisdom is like a sword in the hand of a fool."Galen
"To understand is to have the power to change."Galen
"The physician who learns from every patient becomes wise."Galen
"Know thyself."Xenophon
"Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know."Xenophon
"The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do."Xenophon
"He is a wise man who speaks little and acts much."Xenophon
"The soul is not healed by money."Xenophon
"A man of wisdom is one who listens more than he speaks."Xenophon
"Wisdom is the daughter of experience."Xenophon
"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity."Hippocrates
"A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal of a god."Hippocrates
"It is better to prevent than to treat."Hippocrates
"The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings."Hippocrates