Quotes About Wisdom

Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened." —WINSTON CHURCHILL

Simply put, that we don't know a good purpose for some evil does not mean there is no good purpose for it. There are many things we don't know. And there are many things we once did not know but now do know. So it should be expected that in the future we will discover good purposes for things for which we do not now know a good purpose.

while God does want to reach our hearts, He does not bypass our minds in the process.

I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books.

If you push me far enough, all I really know is that he was a fine fisherman. You know more than that, my father said. He was beautiful.

Power comes not from power everywhere, but from knowing where to put it on.

For all of us, though, it is much easier to read the waters of tragedy. (64)

Anybody who changes their religion does so because they haven't understood their own", he responded to my surprise. He then took down a copy of the Bible and turned to the first pages of Genesis. He then read out a verse "Do not bite off the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

The news consists of exposing the first Noble Truth ('There is suffering'), but makes little reference to the other three. Wisdom concerns itself with all Four Noble Truths equally. It

We might describe ourselves as living the illusion of knowing but not knowing. To know is to act. If we really knew about the state of the world, we would respond to it. It is the same with our unresolved inner problems. There would be no choice about it: we would be a force for change. Wisdom

Science fiction tends to be philosophy for stupid people.

If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Oh sure, it seems obvious now, but you'd be amazed at how many people don't think of it when it's relevant. Seriously, just punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.

We spend our lives learning many things, only to discover (again and again) that most of what we've learned is either wrong or irrelevant. A big part of our mind can handle this; a smaller, deeper part cannot. And it's that smaller part that matters more, because that part of our mind is who we really are (whether we like it or not).

I tend to equate sadness with intelligence.

Ignorance is not bliss. That platitude is totally wrong. You will not be intellectually happier if you know fewer things. Learning should be a primary goal of living. But what if ignorance feels better—not psychologically, but physically? That would explain a lot of human incongruities.

Klosterman's Razor: the philosophical belief that the best hypothesis is the one that reflexively accepts its potential wrongness to begin with. _____________________________

We now have immediate access to all possible facts. Which is almost the same as having none at all.

We spend our lives learning many things, only to discover (again and again) that most of what we've learned is either wrong or irrelevant. A big part of our mind can handle this; a smaller, deeper part cannot. And it's that smaller part that matters more, because that part of our mind is who we really are (whether we like it or not).

At some point, if you live long enough, it's probably impossible to avoid seeming crazy.

The Scripture is inexhaustible—you can never get to the bottom of its depth. And that's what you would expect from the Word of God.

The step of obedience always precedes revelation. That pattern is evident all through the Scripture.

Everything is funnier in retrospect, funnier and prettier and cooler. You can laugh at anything from far enough away.

Young people want mirrors. Older people want art.

Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.