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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.”

“And thus, the actions of life often not allowing any delay, it is a truth very certain that, when it is not in our power to determine the most true opinions we ought to follow the most probable.”

“I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.”

“But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.”

“Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds.”

“You cannot explore the universe if you think that you are the center of it.”