What Is Wisdom Quotes

Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

Create a vision and never let the environment, other people's beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.

Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it.

Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.

Observe how endings become beginnings.

The first point of wisdom is to. discern what is false; the second, to know what is true.

God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.

Contrary to the received wisdom, global markets are not unregulated. They are regulated to produce inequality.

Nature and wisdom always say the same.

Romantic love is the kite that catches the wind and tenaciously heads for the sky; wisdom is the string that tugs downward, holding it back

In the common run of mankind, for one that is wise and good you find ten of a contrary character.

A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.

The store of wisdom does not consist of hard coins which keep their shape as they pass from hand to hand; it consists of ideas and doctrines whose meanings change with the minds that entertain them.

There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life

The most sure, but at the same time the most difficult expedient to mend the morals of the people, is a perfect system of education.

The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation.

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom "Let it be".

Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed

Let the people know my wisdom, fill the land with smoke

Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.

I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of their 'wisdom.' I disagree. The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.

There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems.

If we judge others, it is because we are judging something in ourselves of which we are unaware.

Wisdom is not what comes from reading great books. When it comes to understanding life, experiential learning is the only worthwhile kind, everything else is hearsay.

We shall quench our thirst, for we shall drink deep at the bubbling fountain of Wisdom.

I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him.

Knowledge is flour, but wisdom is bread.

With such wisdom has nature ordered things in the economy of this world, that the destruction of one continent is not brought about without the renovation of the earth in the production of another.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own.

Strange how much simple wisdom there is to be found in the deformed head and unprepossessing carcase of your typical London cabbie.

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

The beauty of things must be that they end.

Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness.

There is no greater burden than great potential.

Good listeners believe they can learn something from everyone.

My philosophy has always been that benefits should percolate up rather than trickle down.

If you remember the creation (gossip about such and such a person), then remember Allah the Most High. Remembering Him is the medicine for remembering His creation.

The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.

The essence of wisdom, from a practical standpoint, is pausing long enough to look at our lives-invitations, opportunities, relationships-from God's perspective. And then acting on it

If you get into the mental habit of relating what you're reading to the basic structure of the underlying ideas being demonstrated, you gradually accumulate some wisdom.

If one extends knowledge to the utmost, one will have wisdom. Having wisdom, one can then make choices.

Effective questioning brings insight, which fuels curiosity, which cultivates wisdom.

I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today.

Wisdom often consists of knowing what to do next.

Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things.

Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.