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A carefully curated collection of wisdom quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.

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"What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be."

-- Socrates

"What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be."

-- Socrates

"Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise."

-- Socrates

"Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise."

-- Socrates

"Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."

-- Socrates

"Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."

-- Socrates

"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate."

-- Socrates

"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate."

-- Socrates

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

-- Plato

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

-- Plato

"I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world."

-- Socrates

"I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world."

-- Socrates

"Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat."

-- Socrates

"Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat."

-- Socrates

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

-- Socrates

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

-- Socrates

"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser."

-- Socrates

"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser."

-- Socrates

"Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

-- Socrates

"Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

-- Socrates

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."

-- Socrates

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."

-- Socrates

"Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune."

-- Socrates

"Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune."

-- Socrates

"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."

-- Socrates

"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."

-- Socrates

"Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue—to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak."

-- Socrates

"Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue—to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak."

-- Socrates

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life."

-- Socrates

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life."

-- Socrates

"There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend."

-- Socrates

"There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend."

-- Socrates

"Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others."

-- Socrates

"Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others."

-- Socrates

"Envy is the ulcer of the soul."

-- Socrates

"Envy is the ulcer of the soul."

-- Socrates

"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

-- Socrates

"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

-- Socrates

"Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual."

-- Socrates

"Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual."

-- Socrates

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for."

-- Socrates

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for."

-- Socrates

"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."

-- Socrates

"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."

-- Socrates

"Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty."

-- Socrates

"Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty."

-- Socrates

"Know thyself."

-- Socrates

"Know thyself."

-- Socrates

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A carefully curated collection of wisdom quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.

Some of the most celebrated wisdom quotes come from Krishna, among many others featured on this page.

Popular wisdom quotes include: "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion." -- Krishna Also: "You came empty handed, and you will leave empty handed." -- Krishna.

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