Quotes About Wisdom

Here's the thing: What I hold in my mind will, in time, show up in my face, for as George MacDonald once pointed out, the face is "the surface of the mind." If I cling to bitterness and resentment, if I tenaciously hold a grudge, if I fail to forgive, my countenance will begin to reflect those angry moods. My mother used to tell me that a mad look might someday freeze on my face. She was wiser than she knew.

I believe we have two lives. The life we learn with, and the life we live with after that.

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn

When in doubt, follow the truth. The path is often well-illuminated and it usually leads me in the right direction.

A window let in light, which was a metaphor for knowledge and understanding.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. Philosophy is wondering if that means ketchup is a smoothie.

In ancient times only women could do math; men were thought too stupid. That's why the root for the word math is the same as for mother—they both come from the name of the Egyptian goddess, Maat. Mathematics literally means 'mother wisdom.

Knowledge was the most valuable of all treasures. No wonder

Occam's Razor: The simplest theory is usually the correct one." He

As circus owner David Hannum famously said, 'There's a sucker born every minute.' And, no, dear reader, it was not P.T Barnum who spoke these wise words.

no man is more dangerous than an ignorant one with zeal.

Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

You don't know where you're going until you know where you've been?

the gospel, the Christian faith, becomes the interpretive framework with which to make sense of all other knowledge and experience.

Wherever the Christian faith has been found, there has been a close association with the written word of God, with books, education, and learning.

Lincoln once said that his father taught him how to work but not how to enjoy it.

Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind. ZEN SAYING

The secret to life is: there is no secret.

They are never worried about ideal bottom prices, or ideal top prices for that matter. They understand a decent average price is key to future investment success. Use

History's lessons are no more enlightening than the wisdom of those who interpret them.

Furniture or gold can be taken away from you, but knowledge and a new language can easily be taken from one place to the other, and nobody can take them away from you.

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.

When asked "What do we need to learn this for?" any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness.