Quotes about Wisdom

You walk to toward the center (of the labyrinth), towards the source of that order, releasing the chaos of daily life, seeking wisdom and wholeness. On the outward journey you return to the world -- metaphorically -- with the insights gained within.

To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

God has delegated to us--to all of us--a profound responsibility for what is happening all around us and for the care and wise stewardship of all creation.

From what I can see, women and girls are a rich and largely untapped goldmine--a powerhouse of blessing and gifts for the church, of strength and wisdom for our brothers, and of enormous good for the world. After all, women do hold up half the sky.

Education is about the only thing lying around loose in the world, and it's about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he's willing to haul away.

Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.