quotations about wisdom
Knowledge is horizontal; it's the accumulation of facts. Wisdom is vertical; it sees life from God's perspective.
BOB RUSSELL
"Praying for political leaders", Church Central, January 26, 2016
Wise men know each other.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage.
ENNIUS
attributed, De Officii
We have all met people who seek wisdom so they can wear it like a lecturer wears his robes, clear proof that they "know" more than others. But spirituality is not about "having" more knowledge. It is about "being". A person can write eloquent novels about wisdom, but if they don't know how to "be" that, it means zilch.
DEVORAH HENDERSON
"Intro: Wisdom is Not Copyrighted", Walking Kabbalah
A wise man who stands firm is a statesman; a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
ADLAI STEVENSON
attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes
Even when we lose our way, wisdom never leaves us. And when we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that our relationship with and faith in wisdom is all we need to live a life rich with meaning, purpose, and joy, it gets simpler.
MICHAEL NEILL
"The Hedgehog of Wisdom", Huffington Post, January 14, 2016
The wise man is but a clever infant spelling letters from a hierographical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity.
THOMAS CARLYLE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.
CICERO
The Academic Questions: Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations of M. T. Cicero
The wise men were all fools, what to do?
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Last to Die", Magic
Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom.
DAN BROWN
Angels & Demons
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is safe.
BIBLE
Proverbs 28:26
The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.
JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY
"Rules of the Road"
We disgrace wisdom when we would strive to support it with folly.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
When wisdom leaves the house folly enters it.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.
GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG
"Notebook K", Aphorisms
The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1746
A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence.
DAVID HUME
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
He that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
My wisdom has long accumulated like a cloud, it becomes stiller and darker. So does all wisdom which shall one day bear lightnings.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Thus Spoke Zarathustra