Quotes About Wisdom

As a matter of fact, He doesn't do things—He embodies them. We live; He is life. We love; He is love. We think; He is knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. We dream; He is the fulfillment of every dream, even ones we are not yet capable of conceiving.

Discernment could be likened to distinguishing a light in the distance.

The wise do not classify. The wise do not want to be classified. Classifying people is not classy.

For an elder must be a man whose life cannot be spoken against. He must be faithful to his wife. He must exhibit self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. He must enjoy having guests in his home and must be able to teach. He must not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, peace loving, and not one who loves money. He must manage his own family well, with children who respect and obey him. (1 Timothy 3:2-4 NLT)

The world is a complex place and only idiots and assholes think they know it all.

And part of brilliance isn't just solving a problem; it's seeing a problem no one else realizes is a problem yet.

if I could just have twenty seconds alone with younger, stupider me . . . But there are some mistakes you never get to take back. And there are some experiences there is no returning from.

I've made my mistakes and taken my licks and I still think a quiet life is overrated.

People think they want knowledge. Until they have it, of course.

Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen

I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.

The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

With each passing year, one has less to say, and knows better how to say it.

Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone.

It is because freedom means the renunciation of direct control of individual efforts that a free society can make use of so much more knowledge than the mind of the wisest ruler could comprehend.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.

We've got to start thinking of school as a lifelong process. That's the only way we'll keep abreast and be able to share in the wealth of the new "knowledge society."

Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows

Anybody who feels at ease in the world today is a fool.

If from society we learn to live, solitude should teach us how to die.

The business of a scientific school is the dissemination of useful knowledge, and this is a noble enterprise and indispensable withal; society can not exist unless it goes on.

The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.