Quotes About Wisdom

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

Wisdom is to the soul as food is to the body.

Wisdom is doing now what you are going to be happy with later on

A moment's thinking is an hour in words.

The wisdom of samadhi is quite different. Higher level wisdom cannot be written down. It cannot be spoken. True wisdom is the knowledge of the universe that is beyond physical expression.

The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent.

Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power.

Read books, listen to tapes, attend seminars-they are decades of wisdom reduced to invaluable hours.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.

A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.

Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

What this generation was bred to at television's knees was not wisdom, but cynicism.

I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom

It is better to preach five words of God's Word than five million words of man's wisdom.

Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his hear.

You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

The true Wisdom is in recognizing our own ignorance.

God in His love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows what is best, and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about.

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.

Wisdom is the essential basis of greatness.