What Is Wisdom Quotes

Love is preserved by wisdom. Destroyed by demand, tested by doubt, nourished by longing. It blossoms with faith and grows with gratitude.

What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.

I don't know what my path is yet. I'm just walking on it.

Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Mercy is not giving someone what they deserve. Grace is giving someone what they don't deserve. Extend God's wisdom in your relationships.

Knowledge is the acquiring of facts, understanding is the interpreting of facts, wisdom the application.

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.

The Righteous Salaf were as fearful of their good deeds being squandered, or not being accepted, as the present generation is certain that their neglect would be forgiven.

I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

If your pride leads you to boast, you will be doubly guilty, because your intelligence will have shown that it is incapable of controlling your pride.

Anyone who rises above the things of this world, to which you kneel, is mightier than you.

Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires

The heartbrokenness of the sinner is better than the forcefulness of the obedient

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.

Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left.

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.

I, the fiery life of divine wisdom, I ignite the beauty of the plains, I sparkle the water, I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars.

The fruit of wisdom is Christlikeness, peace, humility and love. And, the root of it is faith in Christ as the manifested wisdom of God

The wisdom's in the trees not the glass windows.

Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

One of the hardest things to teach a child is that truth is more important than consequences.

After knowledge comes wisdom. After wisdom comes understanding.

The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.

They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

Don't wait for the right conditions. All you need for your growth is available to you in this moment

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul.

We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf.

Avoiding problems you need to face is avoiding the life you need to live.

Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy.

Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.

Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

The less the head, the more the wound will heal. No head there is no wound. Live a headless life. Move as a total being, and accept things.

The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.