Nikolai Gogol Quotes

But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

If you would judge, understand.

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

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

O, would some Power give us, To see ourselves as others see us!

Some people have more sense than other people think they have.

In the governing of souls, we need a cup of science, a barrel of wisdom, and a sea of patience.

I have labored carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions

A fool always accuses other people; a partially wise man himself; a wholly wise man, neither himself nor others.

I'm the kind of person where I always digest everything around me.

He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.

Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right.

The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.

I see myself as a witness to humanity.

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.

I'm sensitive to the things I see.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.