Quotes about Wisdom

Wait for the fruit to manifest itself and do not be guided by your own fancy.

These three things always work together— moral intelligence, the spontaneous originality of the Holy Spirit, and the setting of a life lived in communion with God.

Always make it a practice to stir your own mind thoroughly to think through what you have easily believed. Your position is not really yours until you make it yours through suffering and study. The author or speaker from whom you learn the most is not the one who teaches you something you didn't know before, but the one who helps you take a truth with which you have quietly struggled, give it expression, and speak it clearly and boldly.

The only thing you know is that God knows what He is doing.

If you open your mouth in the dark, you will speak while in the wrong mood--darkness is the time to listen.

The only possible way to have full understanding of the teachings of Jesus is through the light of the Spirit of God shining inside us.

My vision of God is dependent upon the condition of my character. My character determines whether or not truth can even be revealed to me.

Never let your common sense become so prominent and forceful that it pushes the Son of God to one side.

Our insistence in proving that we are right is nearly always an indication that there has been some point of disobedience.

We say that there ought to be no sorrow, but thereis sorrow, and we have to accept and receive ourselves in its fires. If we try to evade sorrow, refusing to deal with it, we are foolish. Sorrow is one of the biggest facts in life, and there is no use in saying it should not be. Sin, sorrow, and suffering are, and it is not for us to say that God has made a mistake in allowing them.

Am I filled to overflowing with love for Jesus Christ as I was in the beginning, when I went out of my way to prove my devotion to Him? Does He ever find me pondering the time when I cared only for Him? Is that where I am now, or have I chosen man's wisdom over true love for Him? Am I so in love with Him that I take no thought for where He might lead me? Or am I watching to see how much respect I get as I measure how much service I should give Him?

Experience is a doorway, not a final goal. Beware of building your faith on experience, or your life will not ring true and will only sound the note of a critical spirit.