Quotes about wisdom
352 quotes from 209 people
We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
Audre Lorde1934–1992Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984), “Notes from a Trip to Russia”, p. 31Don’t avoid the cliches — they are cliches because they work!
George Lucasborn 1944Comment at the Imagineering offices of Disney, on Star Tours simulators (1985), quoted in “The Imagineering Way: Ideas to Ignite your Creativity” (2003) by Marty SklarA prince who is not wise himself will never take good advice
Malcolm X1925–1965Malcolm X Speaks (1965), p. 12
Katherine Mansfield1888–1923Letter to her future husband, John Middleton Murry (July 1917), from The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield, vol. I
W. Somerset Maugham1874–1965“1901”, p. 76Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
H. L. Mencken1880–1956“Advice to Young Men” in Prejudices: Third Series (1922).Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You’ll never get out of the jungle that way.
Arthur Miller1915–2005Death of a Salesman (1949), Ben- Arthur Miller1915–2005National Observer (January 20, 1964)
There’s nothing wrong with the world. What’s wrong is our way of looking at it.
Henry Miller1891–1980Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (1957), p. 351
Helen Mirrenborn 1945The Mail on Sunday (September 2015); reproduced in “Quote Unquote,” The Stage (17 September 2015)
