Wisdom Quote by Louisa May Alcott — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”

“Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.”

“Conceit spoils the finest genius.”

“You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.”

“In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when human help seems gone we turn to Him as naturally as lost children cry to their father, and feel sure that he will hear and answer them.”

“…wisely mingled poetry and prose.”

“Wisdom lives in silence. Not the wisdom of accumulated information, which is only knowledge, but the wisdom that comes from sitting with experience long enough to understand what it was actually teaching. Hurry gives us events. Silence gives us meaning.”

“It is a queer thing. In a time of great need, when powerful leadership is demanded, the people—confused and excited—hear only the strident voices of the audacious, and refuse to listen to the voice of wisdom which, being wise, is temperate.”

“Everybody is a story. When I was a child, people sat around kitchen tables and told their stories. We don't do that so much anymore. Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time. It is the way the wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us to live a life worth remembering.”

“Wealth is a person’s ability to survive a certain number of days forward.”

“The mountains will help you find wisdom to prevail with courage against things that trouble your faith.”