Wisdom Quotes

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Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana
In our culture we make heroes of the men who sit on top of a heap of money, and we pay attention not only to… — Max Lerner
The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust, and it must traverse all… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming evil, and evil remains; for… — Thornton T. Munger
My faith plays a big part in my life. And when I was answering that question what I was really saying to the person was… — George W. Bush
No gown worse becomes a woman than the desire to be wise. — Martin Luther
I speak about universal evolution and teleological evolution; because I think the process of evolution reflects the wisdom of nature. I see the need for… — Jonas Salk
Force without reason falls of its own weight. — Horace
Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. — Martin Luther
Each generation of rabbis is necessarily less perfect than the rabbis that came before, since each generation is more removed from the perfection of the… — Cory Doctorow
The law itself exhibits justice and teaches wisdom by abstinence from sensible images and by calling out to the Maker and Father of the universe. — Clement of Alexandria
I have ever thought so superstitiously of wit, that I fear I have committed idolatry against wisdom. — John Lyly
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise. — Pindar
It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Common sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven. — Joseph Joubert
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom. — Nicolas Chamfort
Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars. — Heraclitus
Wise men are not wise at all times. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The scholar is early acquainted with every department of the impossible. — John Ruskin
It would be a great reform in politics if perception could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as foolishness. — Winston Churchill

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