Philosophy Quote by Wallace Stegner — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.”

“I can't see that Danish episode as an adventure, or a crisis survived, or a serious quest for anything definable. It was just another happening like today's luncheon, something I got into and got out of. And it reminds me too much of how little life changes: how, without dramatic events or high resolves, without tragedy, without even pathos, a reasonably endowed, reasonably well-intentioned man can walk through the world's great kitchen from end to end and arrive at the back door hungry.”

“Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to”

“It's easier to die than to move ... at least for the Other Side you don't need trunks.”

“Poetry ought to be a by-product of living, and you can't have a by-product unless you've got a product”

“Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept.”

“In reality there are no separate events. Life moves along like water, it's all connected to the source of the river is connected to the mouth and the ocean.”

“To judge a thing that has substance and solid worth is quite easy, to comprehend it is much harder, and to blend judgement and comprehension in a definitive description is the hardest thing of all.”

“Most of the movies are working like, 'Information,”

“€7,500, first-class, everything—and all that for 40 minutes selling them some old stuff.”

“Life is more than just steering a course around pain.”

“Knowledge and error flow from the same mental sources; only success can tell one from the other.”