Philosophy & Thought: Wisdom Quotes

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"Words are the physicians of a mind diseased"

Aeschylus, Playwright

Aeschylus

"It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers"

Aeschylus, Playwright

Aeschylus

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are"

Anais Nin, Author

Anais Nin

"He who goes unenvied shall not be admired"

Aeschylus, Playwright

Aeschylus

"Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony"

Heraclitus, Philosopher

Heraclitus

"If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail"

Heraclitus, Philosopher

Heraclitus

"I allow my intuition to lead my path"

Manuel Puig, Author

Manuel Puig

"Nothing recedes like progress"

E. E. Cummings, Poet

E. E. Cummings

"Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another"

Adam Smith, Economist

Adam Smith

"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se"

Charles Eames, Designer

Charles Eames

"We see things as we are, not as they are"

Leo Rosten, Novelist

Leo Rosten

"If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn"

John Dryden, Poet

John Dryden

"Keep what you have; the known evil is best"

Plautus, Playwright

Plautus

"A single question can be more influential than a thousand statements"

Bo Bennett, Businessman

Bo Bennett

"Obey the principles without being bound by them"

Bruce Lee, Actor

Bruce Lee

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer"

Bruce Lee, Actor

Bruce Lee

"Many people love in themselves what they hate in others"

E. F. Schumacher, Economist

E. F. Schumacher

"Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick"

Bruce Lee, Actor

Bruce Lee

"We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance"

Aesop, Author

Aesop

"I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding"

Epicurus, Philosopher

"The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts"

James Joyce, Novelist

James Joyce

"A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill"

Pericles, Statesman

Pericles

"Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths"

Joseph Campbell, Author

Joseph Campbell

"The face is the soul of the body"

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher

Ludwig Wittgenstein

"It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed 'Wisdom.' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity'"

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher

Ludwig Wittgenstein

"All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare"

Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher

Baruch Spinoza

"Desire is the very essence of man"

Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher

Baruch Spinoza

"The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak"

Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher

Baruch Spinoza

"Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar"

Edward R. Murrow, Journalist

Edward R. Murrow

"Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king"

Thomas Hardy, Novelist

Thomas Hardy

"Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

Charles Spurgeon

"We may not know the whole story in our lifetime"

Earl Warren, Judge

Earl Warren

"You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean"

Alan Watts, Philosopher

Alan Watts

"The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom"

Paramahansa Yogananda, Leader

Paramahansa Yogananda

"This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened"

Ziggy Marley, Musician

Ziggy Marley

"Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience"

Paul Cezanne, Artist

Paul Cezanne

"Turn your wounds into wisdom"

Oprah Winfrey, Entertainer

Oprah Winfrey

"Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy"

Thomas Hobbes, Philosopher

Thomas Hobbes

"Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly"

Thomas Hobbes, Philosopher

Thomas Hobbes

"Man knows much more than he understands"

Alfred Adler, Psychologist

Alfred Adler

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