Quotes About Wisdom

Udell was an ordinary man, I thought, but a man with an extraordinary way of thinking. That was truly worth more than gold: extraordinary thinking.

My life is a tree and I can stay in one place and spread out in all directions, and I can do more learning shading this brood of mine than if I was all alone. I declare, it is like some other part of me made up some rules about happiness and I just went along with them without thinking. My heart is lightened so much that I am amazed at how sad I felt for so long.

I was going through the botanical theory book, and while I was reading I remembered something Blue Horse said to me back before Gilbert was born. He said wisdom is not a path, it is a tree.

Blue Horse said to me... wisdom is not a path, it is a tree.

Guardian angels guide the steps of idiots.

Know the truth," Ms. Widmer used to quote—remember we used to say it to each other?—"and the truth will make you free.

So obviously we know that while there is certainly wisdom here that will work to some degree for those outside of God's covenant, this is wisdom that is anchored in God and his covenant people. This vital relationship as a foundation for the wisdom in the book of Proverbs is repeated throughout the book.

Up sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough." There

Listening to things that are not true is the first step toward ultimate bondage and death. That

if it is contrary to the Word of God, it isn't right.

But the "best" lies are those that look the most like the Truth. The "newest" lies are the oldest ones.

The older we get, the bigger the catalog of failures Satan can throw in our faces. You may think, 'I don't have anything to offer.' But you can teach out of your failures as well as your successes (p. 223).

Light with thee walk; dark from thee flee.

Feelings have their own kind of wisdom.

listen for the Lord's will in everything; and don't lean on your own understanding.

You've no idea how long life goes on and how many, many changes it brings. Young people seem to imagine that it's over in a flash, that they do this thing, or that thing, and then die, but I can assure you they are quite wrong.

Many of us in industrialized countries often act as if we have nothing to learn from developing nations, yet many of these traditional cultures do something extraordinarily right in the way they care for new mothers.

God's ways cannot be fully explained, for He sees the big picture while we only see a small slice.

I am old enough to know something of the world and young enough to hope for something better.

Allowing others to decide for us does not guarantee a better decision but almost always guarantees a fuller regret, and regret is a poison I wish on no one.

Knowing the truth has meaning only as a first step to living the truth day by day.

The whole creation of God preaches

I want that child around for the rest of its life to remind Tom what a fool he is.

The English word know is a translation of the Hebrew yada, which means to know by experience.