Wisdom Quotes
Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents.
Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth, And thus do we of wisdom and of reach, With windlasses and with assays of bias, By indirections find directions out.
He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear: And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.
Wisdom and fortune combating together, If that the former dare but what it can, No chance may shake it.
To wilful men, the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters.
The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole.
Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient Wisdom delighted to convey its precepts, for the regulation of life and manners.
Song is not Truth, not Wisdom, but the rose Upon Truths lips, the light in Wisdom's eyes.
It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.
Knowledge and increase of enduring joy From the great Nature that exists in works Of mighty Poets.
Books! tis a dull and endless strife: Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet his music! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it.
Wisdom and Spirit of the universe! Thou soul, that art the eternity of thought, And giv'st to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion.
There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be potent at the moment are revealed.
There is no sphere of human thought in which it is easier to show superficial cleverness and the appearance of superior wisdom than in discussing questions of currency and exchange
Looking comparatively at the good things, you will see that they are not excluded from wisdom, humanity and bravery.
We are never alone. We are all aspects of one great being. No matter how far apart we are, the air links us.
The passion to condense from book to book Unbroken wisdom in a single look, Though we know well that when this fix the head, The mind's immortal, but the man is dead.
For people of different faiths to coexist, it's going to take maturity, wisdom, and patience. All of which come, eventually, with tolerance. And it's a process of time.
Knowledge is one thing. We're awash in knowledge. Wisdom is rare. There's a big difference.
Raise the roof, that I might see the stars To gain wisdom, to see things for what they are Please, I need proof
The Word of Wisdom does not promise you perfect health, but it teaches how to keep the body you were born with in the best condition and your mind alert to delicate spiritual promptings.
"Some persons hold," he pursued, still hesitating, "that there is a wisdom of the Head, and that there is a wisdom of the Heart..."
Real wisdom does not occur here in this physical universe. Real wisdom is something that you have to move into the planes of the highest light to experience.
True wisdom is to see and understand your relationship with the universe. When you gain that relational knowledge, then you are wise.
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
My books have three W's on them, which are "words," "wisdom," and "wonder." Words inevitably lead to wisdom, and wisdom inevitably leads to wonder and awe at this phenomenal world around us.
At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope
In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true wisdom.
When life gets you down, just remember these three words of wisdom. "Bonk!", "Zap!", and "Yowsers!"
True wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness.
Thinking is not enough. Nothing is. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience — any f...ing thing.
Do not, under any circumstances, put this book down and turn on the teevee.The teevee debilitates our culture.
infinite faith and strength are the only conditions of success.
flying from work is never the way to find peace.
if you want to help others, your little self must go.
all misery comes from fear, from unsatisfied desire.
first build up your physique. then only you can get control over the mind.
it is only those who persevere to the end that succeed.