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 secret to life is knowing what to do with it."Gracie Allen
"Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice."Gracie Allen
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. But you can make him wish he had."Gracie Allen
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."Gracie Allen
"When you're looking for something, it's harder to find. Life works that way."Gilda Radner
"Life is a series of moments. Choose wisely what you do with them."Gilda Radner
"Life's greatest lessons come from our greatest struggles."Gilda Radner
"The secret to life is that there is no secret—just chaos and comedy."Mort Sahl
"The public is always right, which is why the public is always wrong."Mort Sahl
"We're all just doing the best we can with what we know, which is usually not much."Mort Sahl
"Wisdom comes from experience, which is why the young are so foolish."Mort Sahl
"The only difference between a prophet and a fool is timing."Mort Sahl
"If you're going to be ignorant, you might as well be enthusiastic about it."Mort Sahl
"If I had known what it was like to have it all, I might have been more careful what I wished for."Lily Tomlin
"Somewhere in the back of your mind, you might think of criticism as something negative, but it's actually very helpful."Lily Tomlin
"Listen, if your inner child is screaming, maybe you should listen."Lily Tomlin
"Everything I know, I learned after I was thirty."Lily Tomlin
"The trick is to look for patterns in chaos."Lily Tomlin
"You know, I've learned you can't be cynical every day."Lily Tomlin
"Sometimes I'm thinking of doing something and then I think, don't do it."Lily Tomlin
"I've always found that the simplest explanation is usually the right one."Lily Tomlin
"I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation."Fred Allen
"Never miss an opportunity to shut up."Fred Allen
"Wisdom is what you get when you listen more than you talk."Fred Allen
"First things first - but not necessarily in that order."Fred Allen
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."Fred Allen
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."Fred Allen
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."Fred Allen
"A cluttered house is a sign of a cluttered mind, but an empty house is a sign of a empty mind."Phyllis Diller
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living - the world owes you nothing, it was here first."Phyllis Diller