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.

Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse
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I'm not anything that you think I am.
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
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It is true intelligence for a man to take a subject that is mysterious and great in itself and to unfold and simplify it so that a child can understand it.
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
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A wild person with a calm mind can make anything.
Eric Maisel
Eric Maisel
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I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all.
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
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Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club -the community of speakers of that language.
Frank Smith
Frank Smith
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You keep knocking on the devil's door long enough and sooner or later someone's gonna answer you.
Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
Voltaire
Voltaire
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But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.
Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen
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Tell me a fact, and I'll learn. Tell me a truth, and I'll believe. But tell me a story, and it will live in my heart forever.
Buddha
Buddha
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Math is the only place where truth and beauty mean the same thing.
Danica McKellar
Danica McKellar
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I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path.
Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates
Socrates
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The learner should be actively involved in the learning process.
Malcolm Knowles
Malcolm Knowles
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Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.
Janette Oke
Janette Oke
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Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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Some people think they are always right; they are always ready to judge those who they see as wrong!
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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Whatever you're thinking, think bigger.
Tony Hsieh
Tony Hsieh
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I am always learning, always discovering.
Isamu Noguchi
Isamu Noguchi
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Certainty is a closing of the mind. To create something new you must have doubt.
Milton Glaser
Milton Glaser
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We must not be satisfied to present Christianity as the most reliable position to hold among the competing options available. Rather, the Christian faith is the only reasonable outlook available to men.
Unknown
Unknown
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Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
James Dewar
James Dewar
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Everything happens for a reason; I'm a big believer in that.
Rayon Rondo
Rayon Rondo
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In my daughter's eyes, I am a hero. I am strong and wise, and I know no fear, but the truth is plain to see, she was sent to rescue me. I see who I want to be, in my daughter's eyes.
Mary Anne Radmacher
Mary Anne Radmacher
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Nothing is impossible to the mind. All it's guidance and power are available to you. When you fully realize that thought causes all, you will know there are never any limits that you yourself do not impose.
Sri Swami Satchidananda
Sri Swami Satchidananda
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When teachers stop learning, so do students.
Jim Knight
Jim Knight
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Information anxiety is the black hole between data and knowledge, and it happens when information doesn't tell us what we want or need to know.
Richard Saul Wurman
Richard Saul Wurman
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There is no magic. There is only knowledge, more or less hidden.
Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
A J P Taylor
A J P Taylor
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Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say. don't ignore the given circumstances
Lauren Graham
Lauren Graham
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All knowledge is worth having.
Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline Carey
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Technology is the answer, but what was the question?
Cedric Price
Cedric Price
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We need to educate students to be critical agents, to learn how to take risks, engage in thoughtful dialogue, and taking on the crucial issue what it means to be socially responsible.
Henry Giroux
Henry Giroux
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For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.
Larry Eisenberg
Larry Eisenberg
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty: history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
Imre Lakatos
Imre Lakatos
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Don't be ashamed to learn from others.
Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola
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All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
A.E. Housman
A.E. Housman
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Memory is the residue of thought.
Daniel T. Willingham
Daniel T. Willingham
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The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.
Unknown
Unknown
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Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation.
Gwen Ifill
Gwen Ifill
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I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what.
Unknown
Unknown
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Remember, people don't buy from you because they understand what you sell - they buy from you because they feel understood.
Dan Lok
Dan Lok
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Knowledge is our most powerful engine of production.
Alfred Marshall
Alfred Marshall
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Rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed. They are books. They have a different vocabulary, a different alphabet, but you learn how to read them.
John McPhee
John McPhee
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Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind.
Mary Ellen Chase
Mary Ellen Chase
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Overthinking the process will kill any career in the creative space. You just have to do, not think.
Carry Nestor
Carry Nestor
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I don't think any of us are normal people.
Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson
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Travel is rich with learning opportunities, and the ultimate souvenir is a broader perspective.
Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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