All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.
I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.
I don’t have the strength or wisdom to get through a single day without guidance and grace from God.
When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.
Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
I reject most conventional wisdom.
In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Global security can be formed or threatened by heads of state whose wisdom, folly and obsessions shape global events. But often it is the security practitioners, those rarely in the headlines but whose craft and energy quietly break new ground, who keep us safe or put us in peril.
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom.
It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
It is plain to me that our prelates, in granting indulgences, do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.
One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I’m going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself.
To embrace the whole world in friendship is wisdom. This wisdom is not changeable like the flowers that bloom and fade.
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
My father lived life to the fullest, even though it was cut short at a young age in 1962. He was known for his intelligence, wit, wisdom, a wonderful sense of humour, a great personality, and a genuine goodwill towards all.
Kindness is wisdom.
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.
The best wisdom is earned through experience, particularly mistakes.
I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier.
When spirituality is the basis of your life, it gives you the strength, wisdom and courage to surmount the many storms of life that could destroy a weaker person who doesn’t have this foundation.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success – or are they holding you back?
Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors.
A closed mouth catches no flies.
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don’t use that ability as best we can.
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
Everything important always begins from something trivial.
The result showed the wisdom of your orders.
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.
Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father’s power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel.
Ask Elizabeth is a community of voices, it’s not me standing on a podium telling people how to run their lives, it’s girls helping each other sharing their wisdom and advice and I create a space for them to do it.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom.
Let deeds match words.
Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
As you walk in God’s divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life.
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
I didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.
I love being. There’s so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn’t it great just being?
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.
I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.
All the great evils which men cause to each other because of certain intentions, desires, opinions, or religious principles, are likewise due to non-existence, because they originate in ignorance, which is absence of wisdom.
Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me, they are mental constructs in my own brain.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
