Quotes About Wisdom

It is almost impossible to substitute intelligence for experience.

It is not necessary to remind you of the fact that your voice, amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other, does not confer upon you greater wisdom than when your voice reached only from one end of the bar to the other. All of these things you know.

But Lord,Be merciful to me, a fool!

It was politics and religion, in van Dyck's private view, that made men dangerous. Trade made them wise.

I know they're not actually talking but the books on my desk seem to whisper "Drop what you're doing! Set aside your poetry! Open us, read us! Read slowly while you're at it. Always read us - every day - before you play.

The conscious mind, ungrounded by the wisdom of the body, is remarkably incapable of taking care of business.

The Gospel of Matthew declares, "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." An early Chinese Daoist text, the Daodejing or Laozi, compares the perfected sage to an infant or small child, perfectly open and receptive to the world.

If with water you fill up your glasses You'll never write anything wise But wine is the horse of Parnassus That carries a bard to the skies.

No single person could hope to reproduce this inherited wisom on his own. As Confucius puts it, "I once engaged in thought for an entire day without eating and an entire night without sleeping., but it did no good. It would have been better for me to have spent that time learning." Thinking on one's own might be compared to randomly banging on a piano: a million monkeys given a million years might produce something, but its better to start with Mozart.

Notice how those who have medicated away their hardships with illegal drugs, alcohol, or sex can seem immature. They may look forty-five, but they have the character of an adolescent. Find a person who has weathered storms rather than avoided them and you will find someone who is wise.

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.

There is nothing at the end of any road better than may be found beside it.

Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.

The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now.

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

Do you know why teachers revere the wise young? Because they're so rare. There is nothing new under the Sun. To know the fear of God is the entire agenda. The gift is to be able to do this and to guide others to same. Here is the task of true religion where the world is given up in exchange for God

Here is the wisdom of the free! They no longer waste time pursuing the world. Instead, they find their joy in God, always turning to Him for comfort. They know where there sustenance lies, and are no longer deceived.

Who understands fear and trembling? Those who know God. Who doesn't understand fear and trembling? Those who have made themselves God.

Have you forgotten God? Here is the advice Moses gave to those seeking his counsel. He knew, that for most problems, the solution lay in surrendering to God. To this day, it's still the sanest strategy.

Children born to wise parents are blessed, for they know they are in good hands. This same feeling can exist for the adult who learns to see God as parent and then comes to depend on Him completely.

Everything belongs to God. Here is the wisdom children already know and adults struggle to remember. Nothing is ours. A bitter pill for those who pursue the world, but a sweet remedy for those who desire freedom above all else.

Peace without knowledge of the cause of that peace is still ignorance.

I ask you, what do I have to hide? The fact that I'm not half the man I wanted to be? The fact that these little pieces of wisdom I string together add up to not much at all?

Like our shadows,Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.