THE FLOW OF DIVINE WISDOM STOPS WHERE MEEKNESS STOPS

“KINGDOM OF THE WOMB From her thighs, she gives you life And how you treat she who gives you life Shows how much you…

— Suzy Kassem

The beginning of divine wisdom is clemency and gentleness, which arise from greatness of soul and the bearing of infirmities.

— Isaac of Nineveh

“My creed on the subject of slavery is short. Slavery per se is not sin. It is a social condition ordained from the beginning…

— Samuel Morse

The world of pure spirits stretches between the divine nature and the world of human beings; because divine wisdom has ordained that the higher…

— Thomas Aquinas

The human body has been called the microcosm of the universe, a little world of wonders and a monument of divine wisdom and power,…

— A. B. Simpson

A Christian receives divine wisdom in three ways: by the commandments, teachings, and faith. The commandments free the mind from passions. Teachings lead it…

— Maximus the Confessor

“[Prayer] is the thirst of ignorance drinking deep draughts from the overflowing fulness of divine wisdom. It is the exhaustion of weakness drawing nerve…

— Benjamin Palmer

“This is the most excellent and divine wisdom that any creature is capable of. ’Tis more excellent than any human learning; ’tis far more…

— Jonathan Edwards

In accordance with the divine wisdom, genesis can only take place through destruction, and without destruction of the individual members of the species the…

— Maimonides

This must be our belief when we have a correct knowledge of our own self, and comprehend the true nature of everything; we must…

— Maimonides

“For what is it you and I are trying to do now? What I'm trying to do is to attempt to explain to you…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It is human misery and not pleasure which contains the secret of the divine wisdom.

— Simone Weil

I am a steadfast follower of the doctrine of non-violence which was first preached by Lord Buddha, whose divine wisdom is absolute...

— Dalai Lama

This is the state of all creatures, whether men or angels; as they make not themselves, so they enjoy nothing from themselves; if they…

— William Law

Man, considered not merely as an organized being, but as a rational agent and a member of society, is perhaps the most wonderfully contrived,…

— Richard Whately