Fritz Perls Quotes

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

I tell myself that I know you, and then when I think about it, I realize that I don't.

I never did a single wise thing in the whole course of my existence, although I have written many which have been thought so.

A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise - that is what one really calls a fool.

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

From my own kind I only learn How foolish comfort is

The foolish reject what they see and not what they think; the wise reject what they think and not what they see.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

Keep your head on your shoulders - even when you think your head is on your shoulders, sometimes it isn't!

Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though with dew, behold a generation of fools call out, 'See, he is a wise man!' Is it not so?

What we gain by experience is not worth that we lose in illusion