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Wisdom Quotes
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649 quotes on wisdom and truth — from the classics to the everyday.
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates · Plato, Apology, 399 BC
“If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”
Elon Musk · Interview, various
“I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.”
Elon Musk · Interview, various
“The best way out is always through.”
Robert Frost · A Servant to Servants, 1914
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
Robert Frost
“The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom.”
Robert Frost · The Figure a Poem Makes, 1939
“We love the things we love for what they are.”
Robert Frost · Hyla Brook, 1916
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
Robert Frost
“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”
Robert Frost
“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”
Robert Frost · The Death of the Hired Man, 1914
“All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
Voltaire · Zadig, 1747
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
Voltaire
“Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.”
Voltaire
“It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.”
Voltaire
