Quotes about Wisdom

Faith is indeed intellectual; it involves an apprehension of certain things as facts; and vain is the modern effort to divorce faith from knowledge. But although faith is intellectual, it is not only intellectual. You cannot have faith without having knowledge; but you will not have faith if you have only knowledge.

Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy to listen. True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.

True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.

The Apostle] Paul's prayer for the Christians at Colosse should always be on our lips: That God fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding (Colossians 1:9).

I liked this one One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. --Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.

Clearly, unless the Lord chooses to explain Himself to us, which often He does not, His motivation and purposes are beyond the reach of mortal man. What this means in practical terms is that many of our questions - especially those that begin with the word 'why' - will have to remain unanswered for the time being.

As the culture war rages on, Lord give us wisdom to see the difference between defending our rights and protesting our slights.

When it comes to matters of war and peace, we must not act rashly.