Wisdom Quote by Edith Wharton — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.”

“If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.”

“There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul.”

“Folly is as often justified of her children as wisdom.”

“I have said: "Blow out the lamp! Day is here!" And you keep saying: "Give me a lamp so I can find the day.”

“Ofttimes we are prone to want to see things move along faster than they sometimes do. We are inclined to force an issue, to have a showdown, to force our patterns of thought and action on others. We think time will not wait. But often we will make haste by going a little slower.”

“When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you find this but in a woman?”

“We are expressions of life, figuring out how to be with ourselves, our shadows, and the world around us. The sooner we realize this, the less suffering we’ll create.”

“Sometimes I think that wisdoms slip from my mind like drool from the lips of an idiot...”

“Don't feel the need to vent or complain, no matter how badly you would like to express your feelings. When it comes to speaking of those in power, always think of the consequences. Think about how those around you will perceive what you have to say. Will what you say be of advantage to you or will it hurt you in the end?”