Quotes
– Wisdom
The Fool
doth Think He is Wise
The
fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
―
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“It
is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk
and remove all doubt of it.”
―
Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book
“Whenever
you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause
and reflect).”
―
Mark Twain
“When
someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and
comfortable.”
―
Jess C. Scott, The Intern
“Knowing
yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
―
Aristotle
“The
only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
―
Socrates
“The
saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than
society gathers wisdom.”
―
Isaac Asimov
“Hold
fast to dreams,
For
if dreams die
Life
is a broken-winged bird,
That
cannot fly.”
―
Langston Hughes
“Count
your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
―
John Lennon
“In
a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the
wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening
them.”
―
Mark Twain
“May
you live every day of your life.”
―
Jonathan Swift
“Any
fool can know. The point is to understand.”
―
Albert Einstein
“It
is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without
accepting it.”
―
Aristotle, Metaphysics
“The
secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
―
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Never
laugh at live dragons.”
―
J.R.R. Tolkien
“If
you're reading this...
Congratulations,
you're alive.
If
that's not something to smile about,
then
I don't know what is.”
―
Chad Sugg, Monsters Under Your Head
“There
is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of
one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best
able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die,
Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.
"
Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that
until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is
contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.”
―
Alexandre Dumas
“Think
before you speak. Read before you think.”
―
Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“Never
let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
―
Isaac Asimov, Foundation
“The
best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any
good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
―
Abigail Van Buren
