--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Human wisdom tells us to get as much as…" description: "\"“Human wisdom tells us to get as much as we can, believe only what we can see, enjoy pleasure, and avoid pain. God’s wisdom tells us to give all we can..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/anonymous-1_human-wisdom_human-wisdom-tells-us-to-get-as-much-as_2445780.jpg" --- # Human wisdom tells us to get as much as we can, believe… ![“Human wisdom tells us to get as much as we can, believe only what we can see, enjoy pleasure, and avoid pain. God’s wisdom tells us to give all we can, believe what we can’t see, enjoy service, and expect persecution. See that your life reflects the difference.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/anonymous-1_human-wisdom_human-wisdom-tells-us-to-get-as-much-as_2445780.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/anonymous-1_human-wisdom_human-wisdom-tells-us-to-get-as-much-as_2445780.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/anonymous-1_human-wisdom_human-wisdom-tells-us-to-get-as-much-as_2445780.jpg) > ““Human wisdom tells us to get as much as we can, believe only what we can see, enjoy pleasure, and avoid pain. God’s wisdom tells us to give all we can, believe what we can’t see, enjoy service, and expect persecution. See that your life reflects the difference.”” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The quote contrasts human and divine wisdom, urging people to give, believe beyond sight, serve, and expect persecution, reflecting a higher moral path. **In simple terms:** Divine wisdom calls for selfless giving and faith beyond sight. Key Takeaway Live by giving, faith, service, and resilience. Themes spirituality faith service Mood hopeful serious Type spiritual motivational When to use this quote - charitable work - personal faith - social activism Key Concepts theology ethics Questions to Reflect On - How can you practice selfless giving? - What does persecution mean to you? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [God Wisdom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-wisdom/) [Human wisdom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-wisdom/) [Pain God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pain-god-280631/) [Wisdom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/) [Wisdom Tells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom-tells-526812/) ## Related quotes > [Wisdom tells me I am nothing. 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To live is to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/pain-is-itself-a-god-the-taskmaster-of-life-pain-cracks-the-whip-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Smile through the pain.. god has a better way for you just have to believe :)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/smile-through-the-pain-god-has-a-better-way-for-you-just-have-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-can-ignore-even-pleasure-but-pain-insists-upon-being-attended-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life may be painful, but always remember that pain God takes you through is what helps you learn and grow.. Keep pushing. God has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-may-be-painful-but-always-remember-that-pain-god-takes-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [If you're to become wise, learn from GOD for he is wisdom of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-re-to-become-wise-learn-from-god-for-he-is-wisdom-of-all/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [If in doubt, worry or despair connect with the God light within you, the only barrier to God's wisdom is a lack of belief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-in-doubt-worry-or-despair-connect-with-the-god-light-within-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Trusting God is wisdom, knowing God is peace, loving God is strength, faith in God is courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/trusting-god-is-wisdom-knowing-god-is-peace-loving-god-is-strength/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Think about what you have, not about what you don't. Because what you have comes from God's generosity, and what you don't have is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/think-about-what-you-have-not-about-what-you-don-t-because-what-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“We did live in dire poverty. And one of the things that I hated was poverty. Some people hate spiders. Some people hate snakes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-did-live-in-dire-poverty-and-one-of-the-things-that-i-hated-was/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Wisdom tells us we are not worthy; Love tells us we are. My life flows between the two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/wisdom-tells-us-we-are-not-worthy-love-tells-us-we-are-my-life-flows/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) > [Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-fowler/conventional-wisdom-tells-us-to-avoid-taking-unalterable-action-while/) [Therese Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-fowler/) > [As for me I will tearch you a new wisdom which tells you to talk about love and not money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sikhwetha-maanda/as-for-me-i-will-tearch-you-a-new-wisdom-which-tells-you-to-talk/) [Sikhwetha Maanda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sikhwetha-maanda/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Human wisdom quotes > [Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/ninety-percent-of-all-human-wisdom-is-the-ability-to-mind-your-own/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) > [Darling, replied Valentine, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words,- "Wait and hope"?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-dumas/darling-replied-valentine-has-not-the-count-just-told-us-that-all/) [Alexandre Dumas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-dumas/) > [“Heaven may be won, not by the sword, not by human wisdom, but by Faith, Love, and Good Works.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wallace/heaven-may-be-won-not-by-the-sword-not-by-human-wisdom-but-by-faith/) [Lew Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wallace/) > [“Human wisdom has advanced to the point where man can construct satellites. And yet man in his wisdom cannot find a way to rescue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisaku-ikeda/human-wisdom-has-advanced-to-the-point-where-man-can-construct/) [Daisaku Ikeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisaku-ikeda/) > [International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-william-fulbright/international-educational-exchange-is-the-most-significant-current/) [J. William Fulbright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-william-fulbright/) > [There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonar-law/there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-inevitable-war-if-war-comes-it-will-be/) [Bonar Law](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonar-law/) > [“The only thing that we know is that we know nothing, and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/the-only-thing-that-we-know-is-that-we-know-nothing-and-that-is-the/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) > [The Shambhala teachings are founded on the premise that there is basic human wisdom that can help to solve the world's problems. This wisdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/the-shambhala-teachings-are-founded-on-the-premise-that-there-is/) [Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/) > [I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/i-firmly-believe-this-that-without-his-concurring-aid-we-shall/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) > [Human wisdom remains always one and the same although applied to the most diverse objects and it is no more changed by their diversity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-descartes/human-wisdom-remains-always-one-and-the-same-although-applied-to-the/) [Rene Descartes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-descartes/) > [Faith is the leading grace in all our spiritual warfare and conflict; but all along while we live, it hath faithful company that adheres…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/faith-is-the-leading-grace-in-all-our-spiritual-warfare-and-conflict/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants," wrote Edmund Burke in his Reflections on the Revolution in France. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-stone/government-is-a-contrivance-of-human-wisdom-to-provide-for-human/) [Deborah Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-stone/) > [All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-dumas/all-human-wisdom-is-summed-up-in-two-words-wait-and-hope/) [Alexandre Dumas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-dumas/) > [The Holy Ghost is the only One who can detect the temptations of Satan, neither our common sense nor our human wisdom can detect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-holy-ghost-is-the-only-one-who-can-detect-the-temptations-of/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/we-can-know-only-that-we-know-nothing-and-that-is-the-highest-degree/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Browse all 111 Human wisdom quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-wisdom/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Human wisdom tells us to get as much as we can, believe only what we can see, enjoy pleasure, and avoid pain. God’s wisdom tells us to give all we can, believe what we can’t see, enjoy service, and expect persecution. 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