Quotes about Wisdom

Whether, besides Philosophy, any Further Doctrine Is Required? Objection 1: It seems that, besides philosophical science, we have no need of any further knowledge. For man should not seek to know what is above reason: "Seek not the things that are too high for thee" (Ecclus. 3:22). But whatever is not above reason is fully treated of in philosophical science. Therefore any other knowledge besides philosophical science is superfluous.

For this reason truth is defined by the conformity of intellect and thing; and hence to know this conformity is to know truth.

I fear the man of a single book.

On the contrary, Augustine says (Octog. Tri. Quaest. qu. xlvi),"Such is the power inherent in ideas, that no one can be wise unless they are understood.

But this name of 'Holy Ghost' [*It should be borne in mind that the word "ghost" is the old English equivalent for the Latin "spiritus," whether in the sense of "breath" or "blast," or in the sense of "spirit," as an immaterial substance.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.

Each year I have grown and learned new things.

I have no doubt, if people are really seeking the big questions, it will lead them to the Lord.

The tragic loneliness black women consistently face as we stand before judgmental others—sometimes white, but sometimes black; sometimes male, but sometimes female—demands that we have some wisdom, experience, and some passion with which to combat this abuse.

The truth of the matter is this: false ideas about truth lead to false ideas about life.

Socrates once said that the unexamined life is not worth living.3