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Wise Words as Life Lessons | Inspirational Quotes for a Better World

Things wise people say serve as a compass to a better life. This is and always has been the case, no matter what era, land or conditions people live in. What is often remarkable about quotes is that they manage to convey a priceless message of wisdom in a few words that sound familiar, but never trite or cliché.
These words inspire us and motivate us through time, and we can’t help standing in awe of the power a single sentence can reveal. Our latest collection of inspirational quotes on life lessons by intellectuals or everyday people can give us the strength to cope with issues we might have considered hard to solve, just like a life manual for a better tomorrow.


A Private Life is a Happy Life.
A Private Life is a Happy Life.

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.
Each time we don’t say what we wanna say, we’re dying.

Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it. Hannah Arendt
Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it. Hannah Arendt

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. Hannah Arendt.
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. Hannah Arendt.

Great things take time.
Great things take time.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. Leonardo da Vinci.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. Leonardo da Vinci.

If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.
If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

If you're not doing what you love, you're wasting your life.
If you’re not doing what you love, you’re wasting your life.

Silence is full of answers.
Silence is full of answers.

You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down. Toni Morrison
You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down. Toni Morrison

Let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped. Carl Sagan
Let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped. Carl Sagan

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Just remember who was by your side when everyone else left.
Just remember who was by your side when everyone else left.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time. Hannah Arendt
Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time. Hannah Arendt

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity. Hannah Arendt
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity. Hannah Arendt

Plunge ahead and see what your passion can reveal. Ray Bradbury
Plunge ahead and see what your passion can reveal. Ray Bradbury

Art, in reality, is alternative medicine.
Art, in reality, is alternative medicine.

Where wisdom reigns there is no conflict between thinking and feeling. Carl G. Jung
Where wisdom reigns there is no conflict between thinking and feeling. Carl G. Jung

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In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. Carl G. Jung

There is no coming to consciousness without pain. C.G. Jung
There is no coming to consciousness without pain. C.G. Jung

Storytelling reveals meanings without committing the crime of defining it. Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meanings without committing the crime of defining it. Hannah Arendt

The life that I could still live, I should live, and the thoughts that I could still think, I should think. C. G. Jung
The life that I could still live, I should live, and the thoughts that I could still think, I should think. C. G. Jung

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl G. Jung
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl G. Jung

There is need of a method for finding out the truth. Descartes
There is need of a method for finding out the truth. Descartes

Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain (1924)
Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain (1924)

We have not long to love. Light does not stay. The tender things are those we fold away. Tennessee Williams
We have not long to love. Light does not stay. The tender things are those we fold away. Tennessee Williams

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. Oscar Wilde
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. Oscar Wilde

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. C. G. Jung
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. C. G. Jung

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