Quotes About Wisdom

God fully knows himself and all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act.

The understanding soul prays; the praying soul gets understanding.

It is a maxim that will endure: To truly know the living God, this begets humility.

I knew a mathematician who said 'I do not know as much as God. But I know as much as God knew at my age'.

But it seems to me that if God had intended for you to cover your face then, in His wisdom, He would have provided you with a flap of skin for the purpose.

For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.

God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with.

He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.

Because God that is immutable changes what He willed, He is said to repent, although what changes is a thing and not His counsel.

God, give me a good humiliation every day. It's good for the soul and it's good for the ego.

God has allowed some magical reversal to occur, so that you see the scorpion pit as an object of desire, and all the beautiful expanse around it as dangerous and swarming with snakes.

Does one get faith by mere studying of books? Too much reading creates confusion. The Master used to say that one should learn from the scriptures that God alone is real and the world illusory.

I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things.

Even faith in God is only a stage on the way. Ultimately you abandon all, for you come to something so simple that there are no words to express it.

... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this, they have reached a stage at which they could see from God's point of view.

God, I'm just a fat bald guy, 60 years old, singing the blues, you know?

There are times you will be given intuition, you just know something, and you can't explain it. Don't override it. Don't talk yourself out of it. That's the Creator giving you inside information.

But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue forever, and never have an end.

Those who understand nature walk with God.

You may know God, but not comprehend Him.

The awe of God is wisdom.

A principle is a principle, and God created all the principles.

Don't think that some tomorrow you'll see God's Light. You see it now or err in darkest night.

Our way lies not in human ingenuity, but in a return to God.