Insightful Quotes

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle

“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.” – Voltaire

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Søren Kierkegaard

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” – Dr. Seuss

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” – Stephen Hawking

“Don’t just teach your children to read… teach them to question what they read.” – George Carlin

“We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anaïs Nin

“It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute… that gives meaning to our lives.” – Tony Robbins

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” – Jimi Hendrix

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.” – Matsuo Basho

“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.” – Doug Larson

“Sometimes you have to step outside the story to see it clearly.” – Unknown

“Don’t mistake activity for achievement.” – John Wooden

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus

“Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.