37 Quotes by Peter Abelard

We do many things carelessly or unwillingly, but nothing studiously unless we are willing and apply ourselves.

Come too, my inseparable companion, and join me in thanksgiving, you who were made my partner both in guilt and in grace.

The first key to wisdom is defined, of course, as frequent and assiduous questioning

The key to wisdom is this -- constant and frequent questioning ... for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.

How fatal sometimes are the consequences of curiosity!

When we fall from a state of happiness with what impatience do we bear our misfortunes!

It is sometimes dangerous to have too much merit.

By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.

I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than the trophies of war.