Quotes About Wisdom

Never take counsel of your fears.

I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.

I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.

Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.

We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason.

The fear of The Lord is a brake that stops you when you're in the wrong direction.

Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men who fear God face life fearlessly. Men who do not fear God end up fearing everything.

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

Fear is good. In the right degree it prevents us from making fools of ourselves. But in the wrong measure it prevents us from fully living. Fear is our boon companion but never our master.

Let us teach the young in the school of the fear of the Lord.

It's foolish to fear what we've yet to see and know.

The fear of the Lord tends to take away all other fears... This is the secret of Christian courage and boldness.

The foolish being who lives making even the slightest distinction between the supreme Self and his own self will always be subject to fear.

Love is a light that never dwelleth in a heart possessed by fear.

Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.

Even fear itself is frightened by the bodhisattva's fearlessness.

Be fearful when there is greed and be greedy when there is fear.

There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.

Any fear of aging, I think, is simply vanity.

Strange times are these, in which we live, forsooth ; When young and old are taught in Falsehood's school:– And the man who dares to tell the truth, Is called at once a lunatic and fool.

No one can know the true grace of God who has not first known the fear of God.