Quotes About Wisdom

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

When we turn to our innate wisdom for the harmony of mind and gut, we heal the entrance to the heart as it seeks to beat in rhythm with the world.

The purposes of our God are great, His love unfathomable, His wisdom infinite, and His power unlimited; therefore, the Saints have cause to rejoice and be glad.

Today I am altogether without ambition. Where did I get such wisdom?

A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough.

I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients.

Older people are most beautiful when they have what is lacking in the young: poise, erudition, wisdom, phronesis, and this post-heroic absence of agitation.

From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality.

Creativity is an area in which younger people have a tremendous advantage, since they have an endearing habit of always questioning past wisdom and authority.

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

Let the mad find wisdom in their madness for the sane, and let the sane be grateful.

Hurry ruins saints as well as artists.

Wisdom can only come through honest introspection.

The elderly have weathered enough squalls to know that this one, too, shall pass. They own the courage to be original; they've learned to hold their own values above the conventional wisdom.

Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable.

The axle of the wheels of the chariot of Providence is Infinite Love, and Gracious Wisdom is the perpetual charioteer.

Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.

Know what you know and know that you don't know what you don't know — that is the characteristic of one who knows.

Keeping the commandments . . . is at once a demonstration of our intelligence, our knowledge, our character, and our wisdom.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

May God give you - and me- the courage, the wisdom, the strength always to hold the kingdom of God as the number one priority of our lives. To do so is to live in simplicity.

Become aware that you already possess all the inner wisdom, strength, and creativity needed to make your dreams come true.

She - philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old.

Contemplate sweetly on love, and the wisdom of God shall find you.