Quotes About Wisdom

18th April, 1872.—I pray the good Lord of all to favour me so as to allow me to discover the ancient fountains of Herodotus, and if there is anything in the underground excavations to confirm the precious old documents (Ä ²¹²»1±), the Scriptures of truth, may He permit me to bring it to light, and give me wisdom to make a proper use of it.

Bambarré, 25th August, 1870.—One of my waking dreams is that the legendary tales about Moses coming up into Inner Ethiopia with Merr his foster-mother, and founding a city which he called in her honour "Meroe," may have a substratum of fact. He was evidently a man of transcendent genius, and we learn from the speech of St. Stephen that "he was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

It shows us that it is never wise to turn an entirely deaf ear when the report of a disaster comes to hand, because in this instance the main facts were conveyed across country, striking the great arterial caravan route at Unyanyembé, and getting at once into a channel that would ensure the intelligence reaching Zanzibar. On the other hand, false reports never lag on their journey:—how often has Livingstone been killed in former years!

Athlete or not, I'm going to make sure you know how to read.

To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded.

Or does not knowing make him free?

Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

As God once said, and I think rightly.

Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord.

God only speaks to those who understand the language

He who begins by seeking God within himself may end by confusing himself with God.

God would not have made the universe as it is unless He intended us to understand it.

The atomic bomb is a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God.

When there is a fight between your heart and your head, experience has taught me that the best thing you can do is pick up your Bible and remind yourself of what God says.

Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.

Knowing God is more important than knowing about God.

If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.

Only God is able to humble us without humiliating us and to exalt us without flattering us.

In God's school we learn through the heart rather than through the head, and by faith rather than logic.

Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone.

God often gives nuts to toothless people.

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.