Wisdom Quotes

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all. - Henry James

The prisoner is not the one who has committed a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over. - Henry Miller

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. - Henry Miller

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest. - Henry Miller

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. -Henry Miller

Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe. -Flannery O’Connor

It’s not just other people we need to forgive. Sometimes we need to forgive ourselves. -Mitch Albom

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. -Cicero

Don’t judge everyone by your limited experience. -Carl Sagan

Experience teaches only the teachable. -Aldous Huxley

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. -William Ward

If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news? -W. Somerset Maugham

The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men. -Henry David Thoreau

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust. -Henry David Thoreau

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see. -Henry David Thoreau

The thing that we possess, that machines don’t, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. -Herbie Hancock

Relationship is understanding. It is a process of self-revelation. Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself - to be is to be related. -Bruce Lee

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