Philosophy & Thought: Wisdom Quotes

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"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall"

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Poet

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed"

Carl Jung, Psychologist

Carl Jung

"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

Nelson Mandela

"Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few"

Pythagoras, Mathematician

Pythagoras

"Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity"

Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist

Marshall McLuhan

"Wisdom begins in wonder"

Socrates, Philosopher

Socrates

"Beware of the person of one book"

Thomas Aquinas, Theologian

Thomas Aquinas

"Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

Margaret Thatcher

"In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder"

Paul Valery, Poet

Paul Valery

"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe"

Marilyn vos Savant, Author

Marilyn vos Savant

"It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that"

G. H. Hardy, Mathematician

G. H. Hardy

"And he that strives to touch the stars, oft stumbles at a straw"

Edmund Spenser, Poet

"Man has no greater enemy than himself"

Petrarch, Poet

Petrarch

"See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little"

Pope John XXIII, Clergyman

"Personality is lower than partiality"

Goldwin Smith, Historian

"Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable"

Lord Robertson, Diplomat

"It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people"

Miles Franklin, Writer

"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche

"The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere"

Voltaire, Writer

Voltaire

"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still"

Lao Tzu, Author

"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

Albert Einstein

"My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid"

Charles F. Kettering, Inventor

Charles F. Kettering

"Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"A place for everything, everything in its place"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own"

Cicero, Philosopher

Cicero

"Trust, but verify"

Ronald Reagan, President

Ronald Reagan

"Always take hold of things by the smooth handle"

Thomas Jefferson, President

Thomas Jefferson

"Philosophy begins in wonder"

Plato, Philosopher

Plato

"I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it"

Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist

Jerry B. Jenkins

"It is not every question that deserves an answer"

Publilius Syrus, Poet

Publilius Syrus

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and Third by experience, which is the bitterest"

Confucius, Philosopher

"Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire"

Confucius, Philosopher

"A prudent question is one-half of wisdom"

Francis Bacon, Philosopher

Francis Bacon

"Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason"

Francis Bacon, Philosopher

Francis Bacon

"Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain"

Carl Jung, Psychologist

Carl Jung

"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist"

George Carlin, Comedian

George Carlin

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