Wisdom Quotes

"The future is no more uncertain than the present." "When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway." "Not to be cheered by praise nor to be grieved by blame but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man" "We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." "An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot" "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead" "Reason obeys itself and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it" "It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry" "Character develops itself in the stream of life" "Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean" "There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity" "There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action " "One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words " "This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew" "Know how to listen and you will profit even from those who talk badly."