Wisdom Quote by Honore de Balzac — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.”

“Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?”

“Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man”

“The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.”

“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.”

“Glory is the sunshine of the dead”

“Doctors, professors, and scientists were unknowingly assimilating incorrect or half-true information in order to regurgitate it to the populace. Because the populace held these professions in the highest regard, their disseminated information was believed as if it was coming out of the mouth of gods.”

“All knowledge hurts.”

“Happiness is an elusive state of mind not to be gained by clumsy pursuit.It is given to those who do not sue for it:to be unconcerned about a desired good is probably the only way to possess it.”

“Even in the age of satellites and smart cities, the wind still knows more than we do.”

“If I’d stayed there, would I always have been happy? No, I suppose not. People move away, grow older, die, and the bright belief that there will be another marvelous thing around each corner fades. It is now or never; we must snatch at happiness as it flies.”

“Knowing what to do with time is the first step to take when you lose your job”