Quotes About Wisdom

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.

All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.

We must refuse to lean upon the broken staff of human wisdom & cling to the gospel alone as the power of God to save a hardened humanity.

I sit and talk to kids all day, because I feel like they carry the most wisdom.

Love turns man into an ocean of happiness, an image of peace, a temple of wisdom. Love is every man's very Self, his true beauty, and the glory of his human existence.

Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.

The sun of truth rises in the human being and illuminates his world when he lifts his mind from the darkness of ignorance and selfishness into the light of wisdom and altruism

Personally I like ageing. With age comes wisdom and I have said it before and I say it again, I will take wisdom over youth any day.

Marinate in your own being, grow in your wisdom, mature in understanding, be firm in your conviction, be strong in your Self.

Before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for their influence. Wisdom knows which role to fulfill at the proper time

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

Happy will it be for ourselves, and most honorable for human nature, if we have wisdom and virtue enough to set so glorious an example to mankind!

All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.

Memory, prophecy, and fantasy— The past, the future, and The dreaming moment between— Are all in one country, Living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.

If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.

Finding out what particular insights mean to people in other traditions enables us not only to respect but to love the wisdom of other religions.

Compassion without wisdom is dangerous. It's what enables people to support the 'underdog,' even if the underdog is evil

And let me die suddenly, to be born again in the revelation of beauty....And the revelation of beauty is the wisdom of the ancestors.

Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom.

To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.