Top 621 Wisdom Quotes

Wisdom is knowledge worn smooth by experience. The quotes gathered here span centuries of philosophy, faith, and hard-won insight: distilled thoughts on how to think clearly, live deliberately, and see the world as it is.

You are more powerful than you think.
Tim Cook
Tim Cook
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Lean is a way of thinking- not a list of things to do.
Shigeo Shingo
Shigeo Shingo
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There is no greater weapon than a prepared mind.
Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang
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Truth is treason in the empire of lies.
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
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Quotes are for dumb people who can't think of something intelligent to say on their own.
Jo Burnham
Jo Burnham
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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
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The trouble is, you think you have time.
Buddha
Buddha
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Look back to learn how to look forward.
Joe Girard
Joe Girard
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Art is a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God.
Francis Schaeffer
Francis Schaeffer
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Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.
Sanford Meisner
Sanford Meisner
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Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.
Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz
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I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse.
Philip Yancey
Philip Yancey
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Photography is truth.
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
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You can't change what you don't understand.
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
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Think before you speak. Read before you think.
Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz
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THINK before you speak. Is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind?
Alan Redpath
Alan Redpath
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If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.
Alfie Kohn
Alfie Kohn
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My mind on my money, my money on my mind.
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
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The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.
Sakyong Mipham
Sakyong Mipham
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To fight evil, you have to understand the dark.
Nalini Singh
Nalini Singh
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Philosophy leads to death, sociology leads to suicide.
Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard
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Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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We become what we think about.
Earl Nightingale
Earl Nightingale
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Basho
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The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.
Paul Halmos
Paul Halmos
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Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind, we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
BUDDHA
BUDDHA
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You are what you think about all day.
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
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In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
Phil Collins
Phil Collins
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Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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Be loyal to your own peace of mind.
The Weeknd
The Weeknd
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It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another.
Cherie Bennigan
Cherie Bennigan
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Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living.
Anthony D. Williams
Anthony D. Williams
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Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes. It enables you to keep growing.
Jayme Lynn Bowles
Jayme Lynn Bowles
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When you find an idea that you just can't stop thinking about, that's probably a good one to pursue.
Josh James
Josh James
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The four sayings that lead to wisdom are: 'I was wrong.' 'I'm sorry.' 'I don't know' and 'I need help.'
Louise Penny
Louise Penny
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much: wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
William Cowper
William Cowper
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There is no religion higher than Truth.
H. P. Blavatsky
H. P. Blavatsky
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There is more in you than you think.
Kurt Hahn
Kurt Hahn
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We are surrounded by data, but starved for insights.
Jay Baer
Jay Baer
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Don't confuse the truth with the opinion of the majority.
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
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Think before you act: think twice before you speak.
Thomas Browne
Thomas Browne
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
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If you care about what others think of you, then you will always be their slave.
James Frey
James Frey
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The less men think, the more they talk.
Baron de Montesquieu
Baron de Montesquieu
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The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.
Ron Carvey
Ron Carvey
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As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.
Daymond John
Daymond John
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We think too much and feel too little.
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
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