Quotes about Wisdom

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

Only bad shepherds use entrances other than the door. Didn't your mother teach you anything?" "Yes, she did. That you're a troublemaker.

To write all things in a book is to leave a sword in the hands of a child.

I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.

Without revelation religion sinks back into a pernicious superstition.

God's will is one with his being, his wisdom, goodness, and all his other perfections. For that reason the human heart and head can rest in that will, for it is the will of an almighty God and a gracious father, not that of a blind fate, incalculable chance, or dark force of nature. His sovereignty is one of unlimited power, but also of wisdom and grace. He is both king and father at one and the same time.

The condition in which the pagan world dwells outside of the special revelation is portrayed in Holy Scripture as darkness, ignorance, self-invented wisdom, and great unrighteousness. The preaching that addresses them is thus a calling to come out of darkness into the light; it is an invitation to be converted from idols and to serve the living and true God.

Life often mocks every system; it is richer and fuller than the deepest thinker in all his wisdom can imagine.

It is not down on any map; true places never are.

Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties, And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.

I so loved the nobility of your character, your wisdom, your chastity, your spirit, and indeed every aspect of your life that many people have said to me: What are you doing?

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.