Quotes About Wisdom

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

Life well spent is long.

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

You cannot discover the purpose of life by asking someone else - the only way you'll ever get the right answer is by asking yourself

Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Life is a balance of holding on, letting go, and knowing when to do which of the two

Why do people say life it short? Life is literally the longest thing you will ever do.

Time is the most precious and valuable thing we have in life. So use it wisely, live it happily, make the best choices, have no regrets as once it's gone you will never get it back.

Don't be a person who has to look back and wonder what they would have or could have had. No one lives forever.