Wisdom Quotes

"We are prone to overestimate how much we understand the world."

"Representativeness is a powerful heuristic, but it can lead us astray."

"The sunk cost fallacy is one of the most important biases in decision making."

"Overconfidence is greater for difficult questions."

"The impact of a factor on overall judgment depends on its prominence in the analysis."

"Decision makers are prone to be influenced by irrelevant information."

"The isolation effect influences how people evaluate decisions."

"We are myopic about the future consequences of our choices."

"Duration neglect leads us to misjudge the quality of experiences."

"Values are not stable; they shift with context."

"Intuition is not reliable, but it can be educated."

"Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand."

"The wisest mind has something yet to learn."

"To become ourselves, we must acknowledge the limitations that define us."

"To understand another person, one must first understand oneself."

"What we choose to think about, we become."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools."

"Beware of mistaking intensity for importance."

"Silence is the fitting response to many questions."

"Perfection is not just about control; it is also about letting go."

"The wise man adjusts himself to circumstances as water adjusts itself to its container."

"The mind is a terrible master but an excellent servant."

"The wise seek knowledge; the foolish seek certainty."

"Complexity is good. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

"Many people spend their lives climbing the ladder of success only to discover it was leaning against the wrong wall."

"Each person allocates his or her limited attention either by design or by default. Design is better."

"Every moment you spend working on your weaknesses is a moment you could be developing your strengths."

"A person's quality of life is determined by the quality of the questions they ask themselves."

"Your life is what you pay attention to. Everything else is peripheral."