Wisdom Quotes

"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle" "Read in order to live" "Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times" "The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be" "I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends will call it" "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others" "Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see" "Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become" "Real beauty is not in your face but in your soul" "Love is the answer and you know that for sure" "To survive, you must tell stories" "Libraries have always seemed to me like the richest places in the world" "The best minds are not in government If any were business would steal them away" "Learning is like chasing after the horizon there is no end." "To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind"