Wisdom Quotes

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I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will… — Thomas Paine
The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener… — Samuel Johnson
Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand… — Toni Morrison
Give thy mind to books and libraries, and the literature and lore of the ages will give thee the wisdom of sage and seer. — Newell Dwight Hillis
A library of wisdom, then, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. — Richard de Bury
Against a stupidity that is in fashion, no wisdom compensates. — Theodor Fontane
To appreciate nonsense you must first acquire wisdom, then compromise the two; only then will the fool understand you, and believe himself to be wise. — Unknown Author
The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish. — Euripides
The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie. — William Shakespeare
To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom. — William Penn
Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of… — Guy Finley
It's not that there aren't a million other things to learn about God, but He says you've got to start with the fear of the… — Francis Chan
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and… — Bertrand Russell
The fruit of wisdom is Christlikeness, peace, humility and love. And, the root of it is faith in Christ as the manifested wisdom of God — J I Packer
Wisdom is knowledge applied. Head knowledge is useless on the battlefield. Knowledge stamped on the heartmmakes one wise — Beth Moore
The essence of wisdom, from a practical standpoint, is pausing long enough to look at our lives-invitations, opportunities, relationships-from God's perspective. And then acting on… — Charles Stanley
I do beseech you- Though I perchance am vicious in my guess , that your wisdom yet From one that so imperfectly conjects Would take… — William Shakespeare
God has many ways that He might use to achieve His ends, but His wisdom determined the best way to accomplish them. — Unknown Author
Don't expect wisdom to come into your life like great chunks of rock on a conveyor belt. Wisdom comes privately from God as a byproduct… — Charles R. Swindoll

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