Quotes About Wisdom

The unseen harmony is better than the visible

The oneness of all wisdom may be found, or not, under the name of God.

The habit of knowledge is not human but devine.

It is better to conceal ignorance.

En aquello que los hombres toman por misterios sagrados se inician impíamente

Meras creencias lo que el más acreditado conoce y custodia

No entienden los más las cosas con las que se topan, ni pese haberlas aprendido las conocen, pero a ellos se lo parece

Men verdooft zich met prietpraat en gebruikt ogen en oren niet.

Non troverai mai la verità se non sei disposto ad accettare anche quello che non ti aspetti.

We never step in the same river twice.

Çok ÅŸey bilmek kavramay? öÄŸretmez.

What is not yet known those blinded by faith can never learn.

Though the logos is common, the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own.

Wisdom is one thing. It is to know the thought by which all things are steered through all things.

What is not yet known those blinded by bad faith can never learn.

You cannot step twice into the same river.

Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.

There's a way to break out of this bind: Don't act as though your limited experience represents universal truths. It doesn't. Force yourself to go outside your own experience by vigorously testing your assumptions.

The secret of walking on water is knowing where the stones are.

Do you believe in God? Perhaps you aren't old enough. The reason old people believe in God is because they've given up believing in anything else, and one can't exist without faith in something.... God is a sort of burglar. As a young man you knock him down; as an old man, you try to conciliate him because he may knock you down. Moral: don't grow old.

[D]on't grow old. With age comes caution, which is another name for cowardice.... Whatever else you do in life, don't cultivate a conscience. Without a conscience a man may never be said to grow old. This is an age of very old young men.

Dr. William J. Mayo, one of the founders of Minnesota's Mayo Clinic, remarked: "One meets with many men who have been fine students, and have stood high in their classes, who have great knowledge of medicine but very little wisdom in application. They have mastered the science, and have failed in the understanding of the human being.

The historian is never more himself than when he is searching his mind for a general statement that shall in itself give the hint of its own underlying complexity.