Wisdom quotes
The wisdom of philosophers and great minds, in a few words. Tap any quote to turn it into a free, ready-to-post visual in 10 seconds.
“Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.”
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.”
“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”
“Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.”
“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight... The truly wise person is colour-blind.”
“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
“Whenever you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”
“Never apologize for showing feelings. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.”
“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.”
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.”
“We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart.”
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
“All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.”
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
“In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.”
“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”
“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”
“Truth isn't all about what actually happens but more about how what has happened is interpreted.”
“Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical.Expect more than others think is possible.”
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding about ourselves.”
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
“Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.”
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves.”
“Life a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of the future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.”
“A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a months study of books.”
“Example has more followers than reason.”
“Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?”
“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.”
“To give ones self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.”
“The key to transforming our hearts and minds is to have an understanding of how our thoughts and emotions work.”
“Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how ot do it, and Virtue is doing it.”
“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.”
“On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.”
“I endeavour to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there is no redress.”
“The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.”
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
“If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonourable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.”
“The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also.”
“A prudent question is one half of wisdom.”
“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”
“Silence is a fence around wisdom.”
“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.”
“The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.”
“Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.”
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”
“All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.”
“If you take each challenge one step at a time, with faith in every footstep, your strength and understanding will increase.”
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.”
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.”
“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”
“With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.”
“The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.”
“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.”
“The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.”
“All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.”
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”