Philosophy & Thought: Wisdom Quotes

"A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war"

Charles Wilson, Public Servant

Antonio Gaudi, Architect

"Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote"

George Gurdjieff, Philosopher

"Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously"

Lance Morrow, Journalist

"Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something"

Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Author

"In chess, one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal"

Herman Hesse, Author

"People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace"

F. Murray Abraham, Actor

"Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world"

Brendan Fraser, Actor

"Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster"

Anne Wilson Schaef, Writer

"When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited"

Ramakrishna, Leader

"Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path"

Bodhidharma, Leader

"Fortune's wheel never stands still; the highest point is therefore the most perilous"

Maria Edgeworth, Novelist

"Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born"

King Solomon, Royalty

"Order doesn't come by itself"

Benoit Mandelbrot, Mathematician

"Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms"

Anthony Storr, Author

"The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand"

Cesare Lombroso, Psychologist

"The man of petty ambition, if invited to dinner, will be eager to be set next his host"

Theophrastus, Philosopher

"The greatest conflicts are not between two people, but between one person and himself"

Garth Brooks, Musician

"Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people"

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Writer

"The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity"

Carl Clinton Van Doren, Critic

"Experience is the only prophecy of wise men"

Alphonse de Lamartine, Poet

"Genius is one of the many forms of insanity"

Cesare Lombroso, Psychologist

"The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket"

Jose Bergaman, Writer

"He is strong and pain is worse to the strong, incapacity is worse"

Robinson Jeffers, Poet

"Beauty is less important than quality"

Eugene Ormandy, Musician

"So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident"

Michael Ledeen, Writer

"You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game"

Rickie Lee Jones, Musician

"The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals"

John Hartford, Musician

Lord North, Statesman

"A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly"

Elizabeth Gaskell, Novelist

"Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state"

Thomas de Quincey, Author

"It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all"

George Gissing, Novelist

"Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice"

George Gissing, Novelist

"The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe"

Catharine Beecher, Educator

"We forget that the soul has its own ancestors"

James Hillman, Psychologist

"Obviously, all of us have been influenced by those around us"

Tom G. Palmer, Educator

"He who goes against the fashion is himself its slave"

Logan Pearsall Smith, Critic

"You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important"

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Politician

"We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune"

Charles Kuralt, Journalist

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