49 Quotes Of Timeless Wisdom

In a world that constantly evolves, the power of timeless wisdom remains unwavering. Passed down through generations, these nuggets of insight offer guidance, perspective, and solace. Whether whispered in ancient times or penned by modern thinkers, such words have the ability to resonate deeply and inspire profound reflection. In our curated collection, we present 49 quotations that transcend time, offering you a window into the thoughts and philosophies that continue to shape our lives. Let's embark on a journey through this collection, where each quote serves as a beacon of understanding and inspiration.

1. “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” - William Shakespeare

2. “There are no ordinary moments.” - Dan Millman

3. “La rutina no está tanto en las cosas como en nuestra incapacidad para crear a cada momento un vínculo original con ellas, en nuestra tendencia a leerlas por la falsilla de lo rutinario, de lo ya aprendido. Hay que seguir dejando siempre abierta la puerta al cuarto de jugar.” - Carmen Martín Gaite

4. “Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?” - Brian Tracy

5. “Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.” - Theodore Roosevelt

6. “Lady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion.” - Anonymous

7. “You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.” - Siddhārtha Gautama

8. “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care” - Theodore Roosevelt

9. “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” - Albert Einstein

10. “Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby.” - Evanescence

11. “My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism.” - Jess C. Scott

12. “In suffocating the voice of conscience, passion carries with itself a restlessness of the body and the senses: it is the restlessness of the "external man." When the internal man has been reduced to silence, then passion, once it has been given freedom of action, so to speak, exhibits itself as an insistent tendency to satisfy the senses and the body.” - Pope John Paul II

13. “I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.” - John Milton

14. “In art, and maybe just in general, the idea is to be able to be really comfortable with contradictory ideas. In other words, wisdom might be, seem to be, two contradictory ideas both expressed at their highest level and just let to sit in the same cage sort of, vibrating. So, I think as a writer, I'm really never sure of what I really believe.” - George Saunders

15. “People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.” - Karl Lagerfeld

16. “There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.” - George Jones

17. “the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.” - Andy Rooney

18. “A doctor may know more than a peasant, but a peasant and a doctor know more together.” - Dan Buettner

19. “The revolution is not an apple that falls when ripe. You have to make it fall.” - Che Guevara

20. “A lot of young girls think that the opposite of fake is rudeness. And just as ugly as fake is, so is saying whatever is on your mind because it's the truth.” - Tyra Banks

21. “Cieszy mię ten rym: „Polak mądr po szkodzie”;Lecz jeśli prawda i z tego nas zbodzie,Nową przypowieść Polak sobie kupi,Że i przed szkodą, i po szkodzie głupi.” - Jan Kochanowski

22. “Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of the vulnerable” - GaryLFrancione

23. “You need to trustTo surrenderTo ask for guidanceGo within for the answersThey're within youYou have the answersAll you need do is ask” - Karen Hackel

24. “Good man and bad man with money goes a long ways." ~ Amunhotep El Bey” - Amunhotep El Bey

25. “If those at your top are weak, your bottom will be rotten” - Benny Bellamacina

26. “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.” - C. JoyBell C.

27. “Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.” - Francis Bacon

28. “Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.” - Christopher Paolini

29. “It's not him who's disturbed. But he likes to disturb others--to shake them out of their rut.” - Jostein Gaarder

30. “I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable, but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.” - Henry David Thoreau

31. “Women particularly should concern themselves with peace because men by nature are more foolhardy and headstrong, and their overwhelming desire to avenge themselves prevents them from foreseeing the resulting dangers and terrors of war. But woman by nature is more gentle and circumspect. Therefore, if she has sufficient will and wisdom she can provide the best possible means to pacify man.” - Christine de Pizan

32. “There’s a Chinese proverb that says “Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you & embracing those that strengthen you” Your mind is like a Ferrari (Or your favorite car) it is Awesome!...but if you put sand on the gas tank it won’t run. Don’t put sand (negativity) on your mind. Think positive, encouraging, uplifting thoughts, & the negative will soon evaporate.” - Pablo

33. “It is a fool of a shepherd who culls his dogs.” - Jefferson Smith

34. “People talk a lot but they rarely say anything.” - Sandra Chami Kassis

35. “Ignorance is fatal.” - Ray Bradbury

36. “Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.” - Rick Riordan

37. “Attitude is that little thing that will make the most difference in the accomplishment of your goals.” - Dr Roopleen

38. “After Homer and Dante, is a whole century of creating worth one Shakespeare?” - Dejan Stojanovic

39. “Nobility is not only in forgiveness.” - Dejan Stojanovic

40. “Without space, there is no time.” - Dejan Stojanovic

41. “My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world.” - Dejan Stojanovic

42. “There is a pledge of the big and of the small in the infinite.” - Dejan Stojanovic

43. “He knows he will be born again, And start fresh anew.” - Dejan Stojanovic

44. “Odd how we focus on studying wars at at school to form our 'education'. No wonder we know so little about making and forging peace as adults.” - Rasheed Ogunlaru

45. “The death of loved ones often awakens the death inside of us.” - Sandra Chami Kassis

46. “A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn."À qui la faute? (1872)” - Victor Hugo

47. “Monkey can make a long jump with his muscles; and man, with his wisdom!” - Mehmet Murat ildan

48. “All the streams carry the wisdom of the forest to the lake, and over there, silence replaces the noise!” - Mehmet Murat ildan

49. “The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in the long run.” - Idries Shah