Wisdom Quotes

"The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct." "The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil." "Nothing is so absurd that it has not been said by one philosopher or another." "To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one's self to die." "The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind" "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." "I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it." "A man in the house is worth two in the street" "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." "Be humble or get humbled" "Life is a far larger phenomenon than what is happening in your little mind. " "The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life. " "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits" "The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead." "The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."