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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"The heart's true compass points always toward what matters most."Sappho
"Wisdom whispers; foolishness shouts."Sappho
"Some silences are more eloquent than any speech."Sappho
"To know what you know and what you do not know is true knowledge."Hippocrates
"It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has."Hippocrates
"Words are the physicians of a mind diseased."Hippocrates
"Good health requires knowledge of the mind as well as the body."Hippocrates
"The cure of a part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole."Hippocrates
"If we remain perpetually in that which we believe, we will never discover what lies beyond."Hippocrates
"Understanding comes not from words alone, but from experience."Hippocrates
"The physician who heals himself has a fool for a patient."Hippocrates
"Know thyself, and thou shalt know the universe."Hippocrates
"A wise man should have a profound knowledge of human nature."Hippocrates
"The best doctor is the one who knows when to do nothing."Hippocrates
"Understanding the nature of things is the beginning of wisdom."Hippocrates
"The physician must understand the world as much as the body."Hippocrates
"The greatest art in medicine is to do nothing at the right time."Hippocrates
"But mortals suppose that the gods are born as they are, and have clothes like theirs, and voice and form."Xenophanes
"The eyes and ears are bad witnesses for men if they have rude souls."Xenophanes
"A wise man is he who questions that which others accept without thinking."Xenophanes
"What is bitter to the taste may be sweet to the soul."Xenophanes
"The heart is the seat of all knowledge and wisdom."Xenophanes
"The wise man asks questions; the fool thinks he has all the answers."Xenophanes
"Man cannot live by bread alone; he must nourish his mind."Xenophanes
"To know thyself is the beginning of all wisdom."Xenophanes
"The mind is the highest faculty of man."Xenophanes
"The wise man adapts to change; the fool resists it."Xenophanes
"To understand others, we must first understand ourselves."Xenophanes
"Wisdom is not given; it is earned through experience."Xenophanes
"Silence is the voice of the wise among the clamor of fools."Pindar