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Wisdom Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- There is one respect in which beasts show real wisdom... their quiet, placid enjoyment of the present moment.
- Our religions will never at any time take root; the ancient wisdom of the human race will not be supplanted by the events in Galilee.…
- The greatest wisdom is to make the enjoyment of the present the supreme object of life; because that is the only reality, all else being…
- The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
- In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
- Music is the melody whose text is the world.
- The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
More Wisdom Quotes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold