150+ Ancient Wisdom Quotes Every Person Should Know

He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

Every form of art is another way of seeing the world. Another perspective, another window. And science –that’s the most spectacular window of all. You can see the entire universe from there.

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

Wise? No, I simply learned to think.

Lucy: You learn more when you lose Charlie Brown: Well then I must be the smartest person in world!!!

There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.

I'm not lost, because I haven't any idea where to go that I might get lost on the way to. I'd like to get lost, because then I'd know where I was going, you see.

Stories have a way of changing faces. They are unruly things, undisciplined, given to delinquency and the throwing of erasers. This is why we must close them up into thick, solid books, so they cannot get out and cause trouble.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

I would rather carry around a plastic bag with five thousand Euro inside, than carry around a Louis Vuitton/Gucci/Prada bag with only one hundred Euro inside!

Some people are like thorns. But you have to let them be thorns, because thorns can't turn into petals. The trick is not letting them prick you; never let a thorn prick you!

Men have two greatest fears: the first fear is the fear of being needed, and the second fear is the fear of not being needed.

I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.

Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity.

Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.

Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?