Quotes about Wisdom

Life, if well lived, is long enough.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find.

Speech is the mirror of the mind.

The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.

To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.

What does reason demand of a man A very easy thing: to live in accord with his nature.

I've grown to admire the humor of a God who uses foolish things to shame the wisdom of this world, and weaklings to remind the strong that they may not be as mighty as they think they are.

What do we do when the foolishness of the cross actually makes more sense than the wisdom of the sword?

Ammon Hennacy, a Catholic Worker, said, "Love without courage and wisdom is sentimentality, as with the ordinary church member. Courage without love and wisdom is foolhardiness, as with the ordinary soldier. Wisdom without love and courage is cowardice, as with the ordinary intellectual.

Lord, use us to heal the broken systems. Equip us with wisdom and foresight. May our lives interrupt injustice with your grace. Amen.

It's not the parts of the Bible I don't understand that scare me, but the parts I do understand.

our hearts in your mercy, Lord : and establish your mercy in our hearts. Micah 3:1 — 8 Matthew 10:16 — 42