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

“Wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results, and no reward”

“Mirrors that hide nothing hurt me. But this is the hurt of purging and precious renewal - and these are the mirrors of dangerous grace.”

“There are two goddesses in your heard. The Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Wealth. Everyone thinks they need to get wealth first, and wisdom will come. So they concern themselves with chasing money. But they have it backwards. You have to give your heart to the Goddess of Wisdom, giver her all your love and attention, and the Goddess of Wealth will become jealous, and follow you.”

“In life, the hardest decisions often have to be made more than once. But each time, it gets easier.”

“Why is it that we don’t worry about a compass until we’re lost in a wilderness of our own making?”

“The ending can only start with the beginning and end with self estrangement, as to become once again his own/old self. This is why every man is a continuous ending.”