150+ Ancient Wisdom Quotes Every Person Should Know

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.

The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

I do not know everything; still many things I understand.

Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions.

Time is not the great teacher. Experience is. A man may live a whole life, but if he never leaves his home to experience that life, he dies knowing nothing. A mere child who has suffered and lived can be the wiser of the two.

I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters.

I ask not for any crownBut that which all may win;Nor try to conquer any worldExcept the one within.

Peace is not happenstance. It is a living fire that must be fed constantly. It must be tended with vigilance, else it dies out.

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.

You're thinking about something, and it makes you forget to talk.

Realize that everything connects to everything else.

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

At the end of the day, the questions we ask of ourselves determine the type of people that we will become.

There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.

Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.

He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

Knowing others is intelligence;knowing yourself is true wisdom.Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.

When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding.