Wisdom Quotes

"Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God"

Ralph Cudworth, Theologian

"Our experience is composed rather of illusions that of wisdom acquired"

Joseph Roux, Clergyman

"We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days"

Robert Hall, Clergyman

"This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have grown from the wisdom of a practical chemist who wrote a remarkable will"

Stanford Moore, Scientist

"Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise"

Paul Engle, Poet

"Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that you're hopefully gaining wisdom and you're starting to watch things with a better overview"

Sheryl Crow, Musician

"Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions"

Gerald Brenan, Writer

"Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom"

Phyllis Theroux

"Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition"

Riccardo Muti, Celebrity

"However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue"

Wilhelm von Humboldt, Educator

"But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue for ever, and never have an end"

John Jewel, Clergyman

"I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others"

John Woolman, Clergyman

"And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face"

Venerable Bede, Clergyman

"It's very hard to know what wisdom is"

James Hillman, Psychologist

"But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere"

Origen, Theologian

"Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification"

Martin Henry Fischer

"This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free"

Richard V. Allen, Public Servant

"And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice"

Joseph Story, Judge

"He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has"

Omar Sharif, Actor

"Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two"

John Cheever, Writer

"Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use"

Thomas J. Watson, Scientist

"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"

Patricia Richardson, Actress

"As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that it's a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building"

Jane Byrne, Politician

"My government, you can be assured, will be less focused on personalities. It is about treating people with respect. I think complaining about the community not being able to see the wisdom of our ideas is the wrong approach"

Jay Weatherill, Politician

"Beauty, the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God and Angel of his Presence thru' all creation"

Robert Bridges, Poet

"Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future"

Dale Turner

"To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence"

Adam Clarke, Theologian

"After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem"

Shmuel Y. Agnon

"Kindness is wisdom"

Philip James Bailey, Poet

"I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity"

Peter Hammill, Musician

"The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom"

Ed Miliband, Politician

"To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained"

Charles Inglis, Clergyman

"Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity"

Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., Educator

"Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films"

Beau Bridges, Actor

"Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness"

Aleister Crowley, Critic

"The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent"

Dick Cheney, Vice President

"Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces"

Solon

"Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance"

Francis of Assisi, Saint

"I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise"

John Keats, Poet

"Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience"

Arnold Palmer, Athlete

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