Wisdom Quotes

"Memory is the mother of all wisdom."

"To know one's self is the true beginning of wisdom."

"Understanding is the first step to acceptance."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."

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

"Your mind is powerful. Guard it well."

"Maturity is when you stop complaining and start working on solutions."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."

"Intelligence without empathy leads to tyranny; empathy without intelligence leads to chaos."

"The truly wise person learns as much from failure as from success."

"Wisdom increases with age only if one remains open to learning throughout life."

"The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment."

"The wisdom of the body is often superior to the chatter of the mind."

"Microexpressions reveal what words conceal."

"We spend our lives learning to hide what our faces naturally reveal."

"What the mouth says and what the face shows are often two different things."

"To truly know someone, watch their face when they think no one is looking."

"In the battle between words and expressions, the face always wins."

"The smallest expression can reveal the largest secrets."

"The liar's greatest enemy is not the detective but his own face."

"The face speaks in a language older than words."

"The mouth can be trained to smile while the eyes remain sad."

"We learn to hide our faces, but our faces never learn to lie perfectly."

"The eyes may be the window to the soul, but the mouth is the door to deception."

"Every smile is either genuine or a masterpiece of performance."

"Our moral intuitions are shaped by the social worlds our ancestors inhabited."

"Evolution shaped us to be sensitive to the thoughts and intentions of others."

"Our social emotions—pride, shame, guilt—serve coordinating functions in groups."

"Our ancestors faced choice architecture that shaped the way we make decisions today."