Quotes about Wisdom

Heresy is the refusal to speak the truth or to live the truth in the light of the One who is the Truth.

The world's theology The world's theology is easy to define. It is the view... that human beings are basically good, that no one is really lost, that belief in Jesus Christ is not necessary for salvation. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. Romans 1:22

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries later turned out to have great practical benefits.

Universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard all began as Jesus-inspired efforts to love God with all ones' mind.

For I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand. For I believe this: unless I believe, I will not understand.

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.

The Scripture can only be read intelligently by inspired men and women. The value we get from our reading is in direct proportion to the measure in which we are filled with God's Spirit.

There is no gown or garment that worse becomes a woman than when she will be wise.

If you want to be a dear old lady at seventy you have to begin early, say about seventeen.

Most women want their youth back again; but I wouldn't have mine back at any price. The worst years of my life are behind me, and my best ones ahead.

Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.