No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even… knowledge, was foolproof.

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

There is only a finger’s difference between a wise man and a fool.

Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Confidence is always a good thing to have going into the weekend. Especially where it’s quite difficult to put the lap together.

Lettin‘ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier ‚n puttin‘ it back in.

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.

Our best thoughts come from others.

Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.

The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven’t been made easier technically.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‚This is a misfortune‘ but ‚To bear this worthily is good fortune.‘

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can’t find.

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head.

Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.