Wisdom Quotes
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.
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My past is my wisdom to use today... my future is my wisdom yet to experience. Be in the present because that is where life resides.
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Love must kiss that mortal's eyesWho hopes to see fair Arcady.No gold can buy you entrance there;But beggared Love may go all bare-No wisdom won with weariness;But Love goes in with Folly's dress-No fame that wit could ever win;But only Love may lead Love in.
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Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat.
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The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.
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'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death.' But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with charity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
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Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
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Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won't primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins.
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I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.
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A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one too powerful.
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Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.
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In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.
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Differences in religious beliefs, politics, social status, and position are all secondary. When we look at someone with compassion, we are able to see beyond these secondary differences and connect to the primary essence that binds all humans together as one.
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Innately within us, resides the Spirit which wants to enlighten you, to give the peace, the bliss and the joy of our being.
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Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
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For us here in Washington, we must never ever stop asking God for the wisdom to serve the public according to His will.
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Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words.
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The conventional wisdom in an election year is that nothing will get done until after the election.
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At a fundamental level, as human beings, we are all the same; each one of us aspires to happiness and each one of us does not wish to suffer. This is why, whenever I have the opportunity, I try to draw people's attention to what as members of the human family we have in common and the deeply interconnected nature of our existence and welfare.
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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I now myself live, in every detail, striving for wisdom, while I formerly merely worshipped and idolized the wise.
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The past is our treasure. Its works, whether we know them or not, flourish in our lives with whatever strength they had. From it we draw provision for our journey, the collected wisdom whose harvests are all ours to reap and carry with us, though we may never live again in the fields that grew them.
