Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes about Wisdom

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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted,

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Wisdom, Self, Doubt

The Blithedale Romance ch. 2 (1852)

In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Wisdom, Writing, Men

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1872). “The Snow-image, and Other Twice-told Tales”, p.10

Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes about Wisdom

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