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seldom be certain.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "John Allen Paulos", "slug": "john-allen-paulos", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-allen-paulos" }, "book": { "title": "A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper", "slug": "a-mathematician-reads-the-newspaper", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-allen-paulos/a-mathematician-reads-the-newspaper" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 201, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "doubt", "slug": "doubt", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/doubt" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Allen_Paulos#A_Mathematician_Reads_the_Newspaper_(1995)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T23:01:59" }, { "id": "31149c0e-9f17-4cc6-af1d-9415e6e10ca8", "slug": "i-belong-to-the", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/roberto-mangabeira-unger/the-left-alternative/i-belong-to-the", "text": "I belong to the generation of 1968, which, throughout the world, hoped to recast society on the model of the imagination. 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Give it at seventy and you’re a sage.”", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Scott Lynch", "slug": "scott-lynch", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch" }, "book": { "title": "The Lies of Locke Lamora", "slug": "the-lies-of-locke-lamora", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/scott-lynch/the-lies-of-locke-lamora" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 433, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "humor", "slug": "humor", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor" }, { "name": "old age", "slug": "old-age", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/old-age" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Scott_Lynch#The_Lies_of_Locke_Lamora_(2006)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:58:18" }, { "id": "81c0e022-08f3-4457-b9a3-760cbf9990b7", "slug": "in-our-thinking", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-sloterdijk/critique-of-cynical-reason/in-our-thinking", "text": "In our thinking there is no longer any spark of the uplifting flight of concepts or of the ecstasies of understanding. 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It does not occur to us to love the kind of knowledge we have; rather we ask ourselves how we might contrive to live with it without becoming ossified.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Peter Sloterdijk", "slug": "peter-sloterdijk", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-sloterdijk" }, "book": { "title": "Critique of Cynical Reason", "slug": "critique-of-cynical-reason", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-sloterdijk/critique-of-cynical-reason" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "knowledge", "slug": "knowledge", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/knowledge" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Sloterdijk#Critique_of_Cynical_Reason_(1987)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:58:17" }, { "id": "beb7df64-3cf2-42db-a02d-535a496e1ee2", "slug": "a-virtuous-ordinary", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton/the-consolations-of-philosophy/a-virtuous-ordinary", "text": "A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Alain de Botton", "slug": "alain-de-botton", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton" }, "book": { "title": "The Consolations of Philosophy", "slug": "the-consolations-of-philosophy", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/alain-de-botton/the-consolations-of-philosophy" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 168, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "life", "slug": "life", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/life" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alain_de_Botton#The_Consolations_of_Philosophy_(2000)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:58:07" }, { "id": "a430c44c-857d-45b7-a721-f3317a436e13", "slug": "the-feeling-of-commiseration", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/mencius/mencius/the-feeling-of-commiseration", "text": "The feeling of commiseration is the beginning of humanity; the feeling of shame and dislike is the beginning of righteousness; the feeling of deference and compliance is the beginning of propriety; and the feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.\n\nMen have these Four Beginnings just as they have their four limbs. Having these Four Beginnings, but saying that they cannot develop them is to destroy themselves.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Mencius", "slug": "mencius", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/mencius" }, "book": { "title": "Mencius", "slug": "mencius", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/mencius/mencius" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 65, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "human nature", "slug": "human-nature", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/human-nature" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mencius#The_Mencius", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:58:06" }, { "id": "265805f5-e28b-4286-92e8-d4ff205b005b", "slug": "theres-much-more", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/lois-lowry/the-giver/theres-much-more", "text": "There's much more. There's all that goes beyond—all that is Elsewhere—and all that goes back, and back, and back. I received all of those, when I was selected. And here in this room, all alone, I re-experience them again and again. It is how wisdom comes. 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McKillip", "slug": "patricia-a-mckillip", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip" }, "book": { "title": "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld", "slug": "the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/patricia-a-mckillip/the-forgotten-beasts-of-eld" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 272, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "silence", "slug": "silence", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patricia_A._McKillip#The_Forgotten_Beasts_of_Eld_(1974)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:57:22" }, { "id": "c5eb672e-dad5-4ab2-940f-f3f59a16947d", "slug": "there-are-three", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-wise-mans-fear/there-are-three", "text": "There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Patrick Rothfuss", "slug": "patrick-rothfuss", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss" }, "book": { "title": "The Wise Man's Fear", "slug": "the-wise-mans-fear", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-wise-mans-fear" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "anger", "slug": "anger", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/anger" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_Rothfuss#The_Wise_Man's_Fear_(2011)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:57:09" }, { "id": "7c61fead-caf5-4e6e-9f05-6fc2db972a0f", "slug": "wisdom-precludes-boldness", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-name-of-the-wind/wisdom-precludes-boldness", "text": "Wisdom precludes boldness.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Patrick Rothfuss", "slug": "patrick-rothfuss", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss" }, "book": { "title": "The Name of the Wind", "slug": "the-name-of-the-wind", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-name-of-the-wind" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 677, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "courage", "slug": "courage", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/courage" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_Rothfuss#The_Name_of_the_Wind_(2007)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:57:09" }, { "id": "890735f5-0302-4c97-add6-01afd3364b1f", "slug": "the-beginning-of-wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt/odyssey/the-beginning-of-wisdom", "text": "The beginning of wisdom is to admit to being inept. 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Wisdom lasts. 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There is no greater indication of youth, perhaps, than the desire for everything to be as it should. As it has ever been.”\n\nShallan frowned, still watching the men by the tavern over her shoulder.\n\n“The older we grow,” Jasnah said, “the more we question. We begin to ask why. And yet, we still want the answers to be simple. We assume that the people around us—adults, leaders—will have those answers. Whatever they give often satisfies us.”\n\n“I was never satisfied,” Shallan said softly. “I wanted more.”\n\n“You were mature,” Jasnah said. “What you describe happens to most of us, as we age. Indeed, it seems to me that aging, wisdom, and wondering are synonymous. The older we grow, the more likely we are to reject the simple answers. 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Better.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Jeff Lindsay", "slug": "jeff-lindsay", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/jeff-lindsay" }, "book": { "title": "Darkly Dreaming Dexter", "slug": "darkly-dreaming-dexter", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/jeff-lindsay/darkly-dreaming-dexter" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "old age", "slug": "old-age", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/old-age" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jeff_Lindsay_(writer)#Darkly_Dreaming_Dexter_(2004)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:56:25" }, { "id": "c5cfdd14-5cd4-4c94-a221-e376c85bce54", "slug": "harry-dresden-pain", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-butcher/white-night/harry-dresden-pain", "text": "Harry Dresden: Pain is a part of life. 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I wanted to say to him: If not you, who?", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Nicole Krauss", "slug": "nicole-krauss", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicole-krauss" }, "book": { "title": "The History of Love", "slug": "the-history-of-love", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicole-krauss/the-history-of-love" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 351, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "children", "slug": "children", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/children" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicole_Krauss#The_History_of_Love_(2005)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:54:18" }, { "id": "bb3d3709-9fc0-4aca-b757-a43fc0726bcf", "slug": "the-sum-of-all", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/alexandre-dumas/the-count-of-monte-cristo/the-sum-of-all", "text": "\"The sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and hope.\"", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Alexandre Dumas", "slug": "alexandre-dumas", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/alexandre-dumas" }, "book": { "title": "The Count of Monte Cristo", "slug": "the-count-of-monte-cristo", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/alexandre-dumas/the-count-of-monte-cristo" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "hope", "slug": "hope", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hope" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "patience", "slug": "patience", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/patience" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo#Quotes", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:54:03" }, { "id": "99a14ba7-4de9-4a59-b747-0e679165c917", "slug": "a-loving-heart", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/david-copperfield/a-loving-heart", "text": "[A] loving heart was better and stronger than wisdom...", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Charles Dickens", "slug": "charles-dickens", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens" }, "book": { "title": "David Copperfield", "slug": "david-copperfield", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/david-copperfield" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "love", "slug": "love", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Copperfield#Quotes", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:53:45" }, { "id": "7014accb-7077-4f4c-8adb-fd6669823bd6", "slug": "what-work-have", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/the-amber-spyglass-his-dark-materials-3/what-work-have", "text": "“What work have I got to do, then?” said Will, but went on at once, “No, on second thought, don’t tell me. 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We say to the confused, Know thyself, as if knowing yourself was not the fifth and most difficult of human arithmetical operations, we say to the apathetic, Where there’s a will, there’s a way, as if the brute realities of the world did not amuse themselves each day by turning that phrase on its head, we say to the indecisive, Begin at the beginning, as if that beginning were the clearly visible point of a loosely wound thread and that all we had to do was to keep pulling until we reached the other end, and as if, between the former and the latter, we had held in our hands a smooth, continuous thread with no knots to untie, no snarled to untangle, a complete impossibility in the life of a skien, or indeed, if we may be permitted on more stock phrase, in the skien of life. … These are the delusions of the pure and unprepared, the beginning is never the clear, precise end of a thread, the beginning is a long, painfully slow process that requires time and patience in order to find out in which direction it is heading, a process that feels its way along the path ahead like a blind man, the beginning is just the beginning, what came before is nigh on worthless.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "José Saramago", "slug": "jose-saramago", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago" }, "book": { "title": "The Cave", "slug": "the-cave", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/the-cave" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 54, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "patience", "slug": "patience", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/patience" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago#The_Cave_(2000)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:52:14" }, { "id": "d9811422-f6ce-44f8-a41e-13d8cd3813b1", "slug": "verily-wisdom-is-like", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-power-that-preserves/verily-wisdom-is-like", "text": "Verily, wisdom is like hunger. Perhaps it is a very fine thing—but who would willingly partake of it?", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Stephen Donaldson", "slug": "stephen-donaldson", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson" }, "book": { "title": "The Power That Preserves", "slug": "the-power-that-preserves", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-power-that-preserves" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 394, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "hunger", "slug": "hunger", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hunger" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Donaldson#The_Power_that_Preserves_(1977)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:52:04" }, { "id": "c06299dd-fdfc-4dce-9747-7b4ce2498f8e", "slug": "then-he-grinned", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-power-that-preserves/then-he-grinned", "text": "Then he grinned. “But it is said that hunger teaches many things. 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It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. 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F. Schumacher", "slug": "e-f-schumacher", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/e-f-schumacher" }, "book": { "title": "Small Is Beautiful", "slug": "small-is-beautiful", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/e-f-schumacher/small-is-beautiful" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 35, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/E._F._Schumacher#Small_is_Beautiful:_A_Study_of_Economics_As_If_People_Mattered_(1973)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:50:51" }, { "id": "aebbc485-7424-46c1-a8ea-b1f85d2c7729", "slug": "wisdom-no-match", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/glory-season/wisdom-no-match", "text": "Wisdom. No match for the troublemaker Curiosity.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "David Brin", "slug": "david-brin", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin" }, "book": { "title": "Glory Season", "slug": "glory-season", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/glory-season" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 265, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "curiosity", "slug": "curiosity", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/curiosity" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Brin#Glory_Season_(1993)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:50:45" }, { "id": "a69081e2-b6c2-4b1f-84c9-42d3252a3934", "slug": "is-there-an-inverse", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/glory-season/is-there-an-inverse", "text": "Is there an inverse relation between knowledge and wisdom? At times it seems the more we know, the less we understand.\n\nI am not the first to note this quandary. One scholar recently wrote, “Lysos and her followers chase the siren call of pastoralism, like countless romantics before them, idealizing a past Golden Age that never was, pursuing a serenity possible only in the imagination.”", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "David Brin", "slug": "david-brin", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin" }, "book": { "title": "Glory Season", "slug": "glory-season", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/glory-season" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 502, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "knowledge", "slug": "knowledge", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/knowledge" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Brin#Glory_Season_(1993)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:50:45" }, { "id": "7e62d26d-fc38-4f52-a5e1-9ba16b0d0a7a", "slug": "if-you-try", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-m-miller-jr/a-canticle-for-leibowitz/if-you-try", "text": "If you try to save wisdom until the world is wise, Father, the world will never have it.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Walter M. Miller Jr.", "slug": "walter-m-miller-jr", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-m-miller-jr" }, "book": { "title": "A Canticle for Leibowitz", "slug": "a-canticle-for-leibowitz", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/walter-m-miller-jr/a-canticle-for-leibowitz" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_M._Miller_Jr.#Fiat_Lux", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:50:41" }, { "id": "b61dff3c-8773-46a8-b4f2-2f0a8f7aa0d7", "slug": "it-is-never", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-defoe/robinson-crusoe/it-is-never", "text": "It is never too late to be wise.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Daniel Defoe", "slug": "daniel-defoe", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-defoe" }, "book": { "title": "Robinson Crusoe", "slug": "robinson-crusoe", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-defoe/robinson-crusoe" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe#Robinson_Crusoe_(1719)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:50:31" }, { "id": "26c566a6-613e-4e9f-a8b0-599484afb195", "slug": "the-vulgar-think", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-scott-bakker/the-warrior-prophet/the-vulgar-think", "text": "The vulgar think the God by analogy to man and so worship Him in the form of the Gods. The learned think the God by analogy to principles and so worship Him in the form of Love or Truth. But the wise think the God not at all. They know that thought, which is finite, can only do violence to the God, who is infinite.\n\nIt is enough, they say, that the God thinks them.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "R. Scott Bakker", "slug": "r-scott-bakker", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-scott-bakker" }, "book": { "title": "The Warrior-Prophet", "slug": "the-warrior-prophet", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-scott-bakker/the-warrior-prophet" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "god", "slug": "god", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/god" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Warrior_Prophet#Quotes", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:50:29" }, { "id": "8a6441a2-984f-4c63-baa9-dc7668616492", "slug": "a-hatchling-that", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini/eragon/a-hatchling-that", "text": "A hatchling, that is what you are. A hatchling struggling into the world. I may be younger than you in years, but I am ancient in my thoughts. Do not worry about these things. Find peace in where and what you are. People often know what must be done. All you need to do is show them the way- that is wisdom. As for feats, no army could have given the blessing you did.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Christopher Paolini", "slug": "christopher-paolini", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini" }, "book": { "title": "Eragon", "slug": "eragon", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini/eragon" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eragon#Eragon_and_Saphira", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:50:28" }, { "id": "2929fd60-70e6-42c6-b158-583f28728ceb", "slug": "to-account-nothing", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-kempis/the-imitation-of-christ/to-account-nothing", "text": "To account nothing of one’s self, and to think always kindly and highly of others, this is great and perfect wisdom.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Thomas Kempis", "slug": "thomas-kempis", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-kempis" }, "book": { "title": "The Imitation of Christ", "slug": "the-imitation-of-christ", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-kempis/the-imitation-of-christ" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "humility", "slug": "humility", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humility" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_%C3%A0_Kempis#The_Imitation_of_Christ_(c._1418)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:50:26" }, { "id": "6f58f5e2-8ece-46a7-950b-eb957d08ae73", "slug": "but-the-ingenious", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-hardy/the-mayor-of-casterbridge/but-the-ingenious", "text": "But the ingenious machinery contrived by the Gods for reducing human possibilities of amelioration to a minimum — which arranges that wisdom to do shall come pari passu with the departure of zest for doing — stood in the way of all that.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Thomas Hardy", "slug": "thomas-hardy", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-hardy" }, "book": { "title": "The Mayor of Casterbridge", "slug": "the-mayor-of-casterbridge", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-hardy/the-mayor-of-casterbridge" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy#The_Mayor_of_Casterbridge_(1886)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:50:01" }, { "id": "4fc6dc90-4d25-45a2-9595-dc1c4600e933", "slug": "its-a-strange", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/terry-pratchett/witches-abroad/its-a-strange", "text": "It's a strange thing about determined seekers-after-wisdom that, no matter where they happen to be, they'll always seek that wisdom which is a long way off. Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is. 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A lot of patients who saw the prayer on Billy's wall told him that it helped them to keep going, too. It went like this: \"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to tell the difference.\"\n\nAmong the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present, and the future. 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'''It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Paulo Coelho", "slug": "paulo-coelho", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho" }, "book": { "title": "The Alchemist", "slug": "the-alchemist", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/paulo-coelho/the-alchemist" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 15, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "simplicity", "slug": "simplicity", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/simplicity" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paulo_Coelho#The_Alchemist_(1988)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:49:31" }, { "id": "a93b168a-495b-419f-af16-cc5e8ccaf41f", "slug": "the-wiser-you", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/grace-slick/somebody-to-love/the-wiser-you", "text": "The wiser you get on the inside, the uglier you get on the outside. The world's great gurus have beautiful things to say but they generally look like shit.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Grace Slick", "slug": "grace-slick", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/grace-slick" }, "book": { "title": "Somebody to Love?", "slug": "somebody-to-love", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/grace-slick/somebody-to-love" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "humor", "slug": "humor", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humor" }, { "name": "beauty", "slug": "beauty", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/beauty" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Grace_Slick#Somebody_to_Love%3F_(1998)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:49:30" }, { "id": "1ff83e3c-62b1-4790-a0fa-275b59555442", "slug": "ah-how-little", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-rider-haggard/she/ah-how-little", "text": "Ah, how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathereth it like water, but like water it runneth through his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though with dew, behold a generation of fools call out, \"See, he is a wise man!\"", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Henry Rider Haggard", "slug": "henry-rider-haggard", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-rider-haggard" }, "book": { "title": "She", "slug": "she", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-rider-haggard/she" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "knowledge", "slug": "knowledge", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/knowledge" }, { "name": "stupidity", "slug": "stupidity", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._Rider_Haggard#She_(1887)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:49:27" }, { "id": "d60abef6-2ac5-4435-b211-f9c398eaf89b", "slug": "let-wise-men", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/wallace-stevens/opus-posthumous/let-wise-men", "text": "Let wise men piece the world together with wisdom\n\nOr poets with holy magic.\n\nHey-di-ho.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Wallace Stevens", "slug": "wallace-stevens", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/wallace-stevens" }, "book": { "title": "Opus Posthumous", "slug": "opus-posthumous", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/wallace-stevens/opus-posthumous" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "poetry", "slug": "poetry", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/poetry" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wallace_Stevens#Opus_Posthumous_(1957)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:49:11" }, { "id": "ac85ba98-4303-495f-8914-5a0c6d45a8d0", "slug": "it-makes-a-great", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/roger-zelazny/lord-of-light/it-makes-a-great", "text": "It makes a great deal of difference, you see. It is the difference between the unknown and the unknowable, between science and fantasy—it is a matter of essence. The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to the unknowable. The man who bows in that final direction is either a saint or a fool. 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They need so very little and they care so very little. They climb the mountain no one else can see and as they climb the old, once-valued things they’ve carried all their lives tend to drop away and as they climb the higher the knapsack that they carry becomes emptier, but perhaps no less in weight than it had ever been, and the few things that are left in it, they find, with some amusement, or those few indispensable belongings which they’ve gathered in a long lifetime of effort and of seeking. They wonder greatly, if they think of it at all, how it was left to age to winnow out the chaff they’ve carried all the years, thinking that it was valuable when it was only chaff. When they reach the mountain top, they find that they can see farther than they’ve ever seen before and with greater clarity and, if by this time they’re not past all caring, may bemoan that they must approach the end of their lives before they can see with this marvelous clarity, which does little for them now, but might, in earlier years, have been of incalculable value.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Clifford D. 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Some wisdom may be dangerous to one man and not to another.”", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Michael Moorcock", "slug": "michael-moorcock", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock" }, "book": { "title": "The King of the Swords", "slug": "the-king-of-the-swords", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-king-of-the-swords" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 379, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock#The_King_of_the_Swords_(1971)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:48:41" }, { "id": "c201cbfd-1532-46f5-9401-c67c33d504a8", "slug": "knowledge-ceases-to-be-wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword/knowledge-ceases-to-be-wisdom", "text": "Knowledge ceases to be wisdom when one has no method for making sense or use of what one learns.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Michael Moorcock", "slug": "michael-moorcock", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock" }, "book": { "title": "The Dragon in the Sword", "slug": "the-dragon-in-the-sword", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": 591, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "knowledge", "slug": "knowledge", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/knowledge" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock#The_Dragon_in_the_Sword_(1986)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:48:39" }, { "id": "eb664a23-242d-45b9-a383-d349d183c883", "slug": "it-may-almost", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-trollope/the-small-house-at-allington/it-may-almost", "text": "It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Anthony Trollope", "slug": "anthony-trollope", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-trollope" }, "book": { "title": "The Small House at Allington", "slug": "the-small-house-at-allington", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/anthony-trollope/the-small-house-at-allington" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "old age", "slug": "old-age", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/old-age" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "temptation", "slug": "temptation", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/temptation" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anthony_Trollope#The_Small_House_at_Allington_(1864)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:48:01" }, { "id": "dce268dc-56e4-40df-b43e-116e98e0f559", "slug": "if-only-we-were", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/children-of-the-mind/if-only-we-were", "text": "If only we were wiser or better people perhaps the gods would explain the mad, unbearable things they do.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Orson Scott Card", "slug": "orson-scott-card", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card" }, "book": { "title": "Children Of The Mind", "slug": "children-of-the-mind", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/children-of-the-mind" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "religion", "slug": "religion", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/religion" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Mind#Quotes", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:47:45" }, { "id": "9c240c3d-8107-4cdd-b8a1-df537574498e", "slug": "every-day-all", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/xenocide/every-day-all", "text": "Every day all people judge all other people. 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Food only looks good to a hungry man.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Orson Scott Card", "slug": "orson-scott-card", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card" }, "book": { "title": "Xenocide", "slug": "xenocide", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/xenocide" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "advice", "slug": "advice", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/advice" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Xenocide#Quotes", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:47:44" }, { "id": "c2580997-498f-4d1e-9c17-51a6f0bbe880", "slug": "the-wise-are", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/xenocide/the-wise-are", "text": "The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. 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Her love is her gift to God.'\"", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Orson Scott Card", "slug": "orson-scott-card", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card" }, "book": { "title": "Prentice Alvin", "slug": "prentice-alvin", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/prentice-alvin" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "women", "slug": "women", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/women" }, { "name": "beauty", "slug": "beauty", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/beauty" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card#Prentice_Alvin_(1989)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:42:12" }, { "id": "20c09d05-ea38-4630-a39c-9b8cc3780b6d", "slug": "we-are-all", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/the-call-of-earth/we-are-all", "text": "We are all fools when one wise man appears.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Orson Scott Card", "slug": "orson-scott-card", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card" }, "book": { "title": "The Call Of Earth", "slug": "the-call-of-earth", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/the-call-of-earth" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "stupidity", "slug": "stupidity", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card#The_Call_Of_Earth_(1992)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:42:09" }, { "id": "083346d2-86bb-4d7c-a3bb-f90deecffd22", "slug": "i-interpreted-all", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/the-ships-of-earth/i-interpreted-all", "text": "I interpreted all you did as weakness — but I should have known that it was wisdom and strength, freely shared with all of us, even the ones who don't deserve it.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Orson Scott Card", "slug": "orson-scott-card", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card" }, "book": { "title": "The Ships Of Earth", "slug": "the-ships-of-earth", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/the-ships-of-earth" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "strength", "slug": "strength", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/strength" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card#The_Ships_Of_Earth_(1994)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:42:09" }, { "id": "019144a1-8e44-451e-95f3-002451fb7e28", "slug": "what-is-the", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/friedrich-holderlin/hyperion/what-is-the", "text": "What is the wisdom of a book compared with the wisdom of an angel?", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Friedrich Hölderlin", "slug": "friedrich-holderlin", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/friedrich-holderlin" }, "book": { "title": "Hyperion", "slug": "hyperion", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/friedrich-holderlin/hyperion" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "reading", "slug": "reading", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/reading" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Friedrich_H%C3%B6lderlin#Hyperion", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:41:56" }, { "id": "f991612e-576c-43ac-9dd9-deebf6ded9f0", "slug": "the-man-who", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/aldous-huxley/the-doors-of-perception/the-man-who", "text": "The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. 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Not drowned entirely, though. Rather carried down alive to wondrous depths, where strange shapes of the unwarped primal world glided to and fro before his passive eyes; and the miser-merman, Wisdom, revealed his hoarded heaps; and among the joyous, heartless, ever-juvenile eternities, Pip saw the multitudinous, God-omnipresent, coral insects, that out of the firmament of waters heaved the colossal orbs. He saw God's foot upon the treadle of the loom, and spoke it; and therefore his shipmates called him mad. 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There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. 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R. R. Tolkien", "slug": "j-r-r-tolkien", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien" }, "book": { "title": "The Silmarillion", "slug": "the-silmarillion", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-silmarillion" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "chance", "slug": "chance", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/chance" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion#Of_the_Rings_of_Power_and_the_Third_Age", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:40:36" }, { "id": "90739c9d-c744-4f32-ad42-d5a4c7a64c4c", "slug": "do-not-despise", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-fellowship-of-the-ring/do-not-despise", "text": "Do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "J. R. R. Tolkien", "slug": "j-r-r-tolkien", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien" }, "book": { "title": "The Fellowship of the Ring", "slug": "the-fellowship-of-the-ring", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-fellowship-of-the-ring" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "tradition", "slug": "tradition", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/tradition" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring#Farewell_to_L%C3%B3rien", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:40:21" }, { "id": "5cd4712d-e367-489e-831f-a16f3fedecd7", "slug": "this-is-the", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-fellowship-of-the-ring/this-is-the", "text": "This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and counsels of the Great. Who of all the Wise could have foreseen it? Or, if they are wise, why should they expect to know it, until the hour has struck?", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "J. R. R. Tolkien", "slug": "j-r-r-tolkien", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien" }, "book": { "title": "The Fellowship of the Ring", "slug": "the-fellowship-of-the-ring", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-fellowship-of-the-ring" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring#The_Council_of_Elrond", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:40:21" }, { "id": "2b5c20bd-e1f1-43ac-9014-9a984157aec0", "slug": "he-that-breaks", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-fellowship-of-the-ring/he-that-breaks", "text": "He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "J. R. R. Tolkien", "slug": "j-r-r-tolkien", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien" }, "book": { "title": "The Fellowship of the Ring", "slug": "the-fellowship-of-the-ring", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-fellowship-of-the-ring" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "curiosity", "slug": "curiosity", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/curiosity" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring#The_Council_of_Elrond", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:40:21" }, { "id": "de6f067f-3eab-4a76-bcf0-ba0e965de96d", "slug": "deserves-it-i-daresay", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-fellowship-of-the-ring/deserves-it-i-daresay", "text": "Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many – yours not least.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "J. R. R. Tolkien", "slug": "j-r-r-tolkien", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien" }, "book": { "title": "The Fellowship of the Ring", "slug": "the-fellowship-of-the-ring", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-fellowship-of-the-ring" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "death", "slug": "death", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/death" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "mercy", "slug": "mercy", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mercy" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring#The_Shadow_of_the_Past", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:40:20" }, { "id": "0fec67ef-1ea2-455d-b554-1cb597b13cdb", "slug": "we-learn-wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-smiles/self-help-with-illustrations-of-conduct-and-perseverance/we-learn-wisdom", "text": "We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Samuel Smiles", "slug": "samuel-smiles", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-smiles" }, "book": { "title": "Self-Help: With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance", "slug": "self-help-with-illustrations-of-conduct-and-perseverance", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/samuel-smiles/self-help-with-illustrations-of-conduct-and-perseverance" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "success and failure", "slug": "success-and-failure", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/success-and-failure" }, { "name": "mistakes", "slug": "mistakes", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Smiles#Self-Help%3B_with_Illustrations_of_Character_and_Conduct_(1859)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:40:16" }, { "id": "93b3d179-02a9-4931-8587-7958e36554bd", "slug": "the-little-folk-dare", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/stardust/the-little-folk-dare", "text": "\"The little folk dare anything\", said his friend. \"And they talks a lot of nonsense. But they talks an awful lot of sense, as well. You listen to 'em at your peril, and you ignore 'em at your peril, too\".", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Neil Gaiman", "slug": "neil-gaiman", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman" }, "book": { "title": "Stardust", "slug": "stardust", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/stardust" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "listening", "slug": "listening", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/listening" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stardust_(Gaiman_novel)#Chapter_Four:_%22Can_I_Get_There_by_Candlelight%3F%22", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:40:08" }, { "id": "1b06312d-305b-4e2d-95da-6bb25ed3f10f", "slug": "in-our-reasonings", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-hume/an-enquiry-concerning-human-understanding/in-our-reasonings", "text": "In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. 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If the wise man is so rare a phenomenon, it is because he seems unshaken by the aversion which, like all beings, he must feel for himself.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Emil Cioran", "slug": "emil-cioran", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran" }, "book": { "title": "The Trouble With Being Born", "slug": "the-trouble-with-being-born", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/the-trouble-with-being-born" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "self-love", "slug": "self-love", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-love" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emil_Cioran#The_Trouble_With_Being_Born_(1973)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:39:41" }, { "id": "dbedca72-2d64-46cd-abc0-47b4d14d6ba2", "slug": "i-feel-safer", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/a-short-history-of-decay/i-feel-safer", "text": "I feel safer with a Pyrrho than with a St. Paul, for a jesting wisdom is gentler than an unbridled sanctity.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Emil Cioran", "slug": "emil-cioran", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran" }, "book": { "title": "A Short History of Decay", "slug": "a-short-history-of-decay", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/emil-cioran/a-short-history-of-decay" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" }, { "name": "holiness", "slug": "holiness", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/holiness" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emil_Cioran#A_Short_History_of_Decay_(1949)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:39:39" }, { "id": "67ef335b-d6e9-4477-b2d3-47d987449904", "slug": "but-whither-am-i-going", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-jacques-rousseau/emile-or-on-education/but-whither-am-i-going", "text": "But whither am I going? O Emile! what art thou now? Is this my pupil? How art thou fallen! Where is that young man so sternly fashioned, who braved all weathers, who devoted his body to the hardest tasks and his soul to the laws of wisdom; untouched by prejudice or passion, a lover of truth, swayed by reason only, unheeding all that was not hers? Living in softness and idleness he now lets himself be ruled by women; their amusements are the business of his life, their wishes are his laws; a young girl is the arbiter of his fate, he cringes and grovels before her; the earnest Emile is the plaything of a child. So shift the scenes of life; each age is swayed by its own motives, but the man is the same. At ten his mind was set upon cakes, at twenty it is set upon his mistress; at thirty it will be set upon pleasure; at forty on ambition, at fifty on avarice; when will he seek after wisdom only? Happy is he who is compelled to follow her against his will! What matter who is the guide, if the end is attained. Heroes and sages have themselves paid tribute to this human weakness; and those who handled the distaff with clumsy fingers were none the less great men.\n\nThe great mistake of tutors and still more of fathers is to think that one way of living makes another impossible, and that as soon as the child is grown up, you must abandon everything you used to do when he was little. 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Then you will be happy in spite of fortune, and good in spite of your passions. 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A real knowledge of things may be a good thing in itself, but the knowledge of men and their opinions is better, for in human society man is the chief tool of man, and the wisest man is he who best knows the use of this tool. What is the good of teaching children an imaginary system, just the opposite of the established order of things, among which they will have to live? 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— as the fool\" (ii 16)", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Miguel de Unamuno", "slug": "miguel-de-unamuno", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/miguel-de-unamuno" }, "book": { "title": "Tragic Sense of Life", "slug": "tragic-sense-of-life", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/miguel-de-unamuno/tragic-sense-of-life" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "death", "slug": "death", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/death" }, { "name": "stupidity", "slug": "stupidity", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Unamuno#Conclusion_:_Don_Quixote_in_the_Contemporary_European_Tragi-Comedy", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:39:23" }, { "id": "83369768-0654-4162-bf18-a76e6c22ab2c", "slug": "there-are-some", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-hemingway/death-in-the-afternoon/there-are-some", "text": "There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things and because it takes a man's life to know them the little new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Ernest Hemingway", "slug": "ernest-hemingway", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-hemingway" }, "book": { "title": "Death in the Afternoon", "slug": "death-in-the-afternoon", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-hemingway/death-in-the-afternoon" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "time", "slug": "time", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/time" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway#Death_in_the_Afternoon_(1932)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:39:05" }, { "id": "1da157e7-33c3-44bd-9b61-6cbadd8ef27a", "slug": "no-that-is-the", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-hemingway/a-farewell-to-arms/no-that-is-the", "text": "No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Ernest Hemingway", "slug": "ernest-hemingway", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-hemingway" }, "book": { "title": "A Farewell to Arms", "slug": "a-farewell-to-arms", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-hemingway/a-farewell-to-arms" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "old age", "slug": "old-age", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/old-age" }, { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway#A_Farewell_to_Arms_(1929)", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:39:04" }, { "id": "d70c85c4-fe9c-4882-814b-f63bd148995b", "slug": "i-am-very", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-austen/emma/i-am-very", "text": "I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": "Jane Austen", "slug": "jane-austen", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-austen" }, "book": { "title": "Emma", "slug": "emma", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-austen/emma" }, "character": null, "chapter": null, "chapter_parent": null, "page": null, "verified": false, "original": null, "other_languages": [], "topics": [ { "name": "wisdom", "slug": "wisdom", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/wisdom" } ], "source": { "name": "Wikiquote", "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emma_(novel)#Volume_2", "license": { "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" } }, "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:38:55" }, { "id": "30a343c6-6c05-414e-b95d-dd3353f76e9f", "slug": "better-be-without", "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-austen/emma/better-be-without", "text": "Better be without sense, than misapply it as you do.", "language": "en", "author": { "name": 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