- The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
- It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.
- Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).
- When someone loves you, the way they talk – about you is different. You feel safe & comfortable.
- The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
- Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.
- In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books via ough your skin, without even opening them.
- The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
- The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.
- Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
- There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
- It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
- You do not write your life with words…You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.
- Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.Â