Quotes About Wisdom

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. the one from the other.

that the failure of governments is due to the pressure of economic interest upon them rather than to the "limited capacities of human wisdom.

Doamne, da-mi senitatea de a accepta lucrurile pe care nu le pot schimba, curajul de a schimba lucrurile pe care pot sa le schimb si intelepciunea de a sti sa le deosebesc.

Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.

Wisdom always chooses these black eyes and these bruises over the heartache that they say never completely goes away

Choose only one master — Nature.

Try to put well into practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.

Practise what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.

Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

Mensen moeten niet trouwen,' zei Panda. 'Kind, praat geen onzin,' zei Jens. 'Mensen moeten zoveel mogelijk trouwen. Het leven is maar kort, al lijkt het je nu misschien lang, en het is de enige manier om in ieder geval een paar mensen goed gekend te hebben, voor het grondwater je bloed wegspoelt en de wormen je hart leegvreten. En het is de enige manier om jezelf te leren kennen. dat heeft natuurlijk z'n nadelen.

We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence.

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Intelligence is perhaps but a malady,-a beautiful malady; the oyster's pearl.

Nothing is better for "spiritual advancement" & the detachment of the flesh than a close reading of the "Erotic Dictionary.

La seule fréquentation des mathématiques ne mûrit guère le cÅ"ur ni le caractère.

Pourquoi cet absurde besoin de savoir ? Et si les hommes veulent être heureux, qu'ils se chargent eux-mêmes de leur bonheur !

Ils venaient de prendre conscience de l'immensité de leur ignorance.

The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.

Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books.