Quotes About Wisdom

In the book of life the answers aren't always in the back

We shall seek the truth and endure the consequences.

Education isn't like a video, with a beginning and a middle and an end. It has a beginning, then it keeps going until you're dead. If it stops you are dead, even if you don't know it.

The truth is not in the middle, and not in one extreme; but in both extremes.

And of course, for all we know, I might be a hundred years old already, and she just a sleepy little girl with glasses.

Filosóficamente no puede confiarse en los ojos.

Here's what Nietzsche said to the ceiling: "The rank of the philosopher is determined by the rank of his laughter." But he couldn't really laugh.

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. Noble actions are the substance of life; good sayings its ornament and guide.

Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.

There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part.

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

It is not well to make great changes in old age.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is the knowledge of our own ignorance.

Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do.

When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God.

The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.

If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.

Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment.

An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate.

I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have.

really is—in all His power, majesty, wisdom, glory, and honor. He is the King of kings. If He commands it, so shall it be! The more you realize this, the more you'll have faith like the centurion's—trust that honors God and brings Him joy. Jesus, I trust what You say! You are worthy of all my love, devotion, and respect. Amen! My hope is in Jesus because He is worthy of my trust.

How such views might steer clear of authoritarian dogmatism, head-in-the-sand private intuition, narrow professional specialization, or extravagantly broad but undependable