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Quotes About Wisdom

Only in the irrational and unknown direction can we come to wisdom again
~ Jack Parsons
The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get.
~ Bertrand Russell
If we take the world's enduring religions at their best, we discover the distilled wisdom of the human race.
~ Huston Smith
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
~ George Santayana
Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
~ Democritus
Wisdom is found only in truth.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mercy is not giving someone what they deserve. Grace is giving someone what they don't deserve. Extend God's wisdom in your relationships.
~ Andrew Wommack
APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left.
~ Arianna Huffington
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
~ Chanakya
Knowledge is the acquiring of facts, understanding is the interpreting of facts, wisdom the application.
~ Edwin Louis Cole
The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.
~ Ali ibn Abi Talib
I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.
~ Hippolyte Taine
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
~ Ansel Adams
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
~ Tobias Smollett
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
~ Abigail Adams
I, the fiery life of divine wisdom, I ignite the beauty of the plains, I sparkle the water, I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars.
~ Hildegard of Bingen
The fruit of wisdom is Christlikeness, peace, humility and love. And, the root of it is faith in Christ as the manifested wisdom of God
~ J. I. Packer
The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
~ Ramana Maharshi
The wisdom's in the trees not the glass windows.
~ Jack Johnson
Silence does not always mark wisdom.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
~ Andy Rooney
Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
~ Pythagoras