What Is Wisdom Quotes
We no longer have the pact from 1997; it was radically amended in 2005 and the Commission is applying this Stability Pact with wisdom and rationality.
Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.
We cannot advance without new experiments in living, but no wise man tries every day what he has proved wrong the day before.
And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak.
Be still, then, thou uneasy mortal; know that God is unerringly wise; and be assured that, amidst the greatest multiplicity of beings, He does not overlook thee.
The ultimate in wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future and profit from the past.
Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.
If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch?
What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the country, the state, the nation, and the world.
The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.
Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.
At age fourteen I was asking questions. When the answers failed to satisfy me, I searched elsewhere for different answers and found wisdom in atheism. And I am far from alone in that experience.
The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing.
There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character.
To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
History is the queen of the humanities. It teaches wisdom and humility, and it tells us how things change through time.
What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of cynics.
The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.
Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.
Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
Meditate upon all the perfect light within your own mind! Do this repeatedly and the radiant Bodhisattvas of Wisdom and Laughter will visit you and change your karma forever!
Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.
It is only when you realize that you are mortal and yet immortal simultaneously that you begin to realize that the beautiful incongruities of existence aren't incongruous at all, but rather perfect.
I think that indigenous women's wisdom is crucial. So much of the care of the Earth has come from the mothers. I think it's imperative we turn to their wisdom in how to take care of the planet.
The foolishness of the cross is the wisdom of God and the wisdom of God is powerful in its impact.
One of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom.
the distance between this pigeon's brain and mine is minute compared to that between mine and Bodhi 's Wisdom Compassion
To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development.