Quotes about Wisdom
Reason means truth and those who are not governed by it take the chance that someday the sunken fact will rip the bottom out of their boat.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
We do not need a truth to serve us, we need a truth that we can serve.
— Jacques Maritain
All truth and understanding is a result of a divine light which is God Himself.
— St. Augustine
We speak much of God, can talk of him, his ways, his works, his counsels, all the day long; the truth is, we know very little of him.
— John Owen
There is one river of Truth which receives tributaries from every side.
— Clement of Alexandria
I would rather stand alone in the light of truth than in the crowd filled with error.
— Adrian Rogers
When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
— Henry Cloud
It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
— Lou Holtz
Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
— Alexander Hamilton
Following Christ, the Church seeks the truth, which is not always the same as the majority opinion.
— Pope John Paul II
Begin with the beautiful, which leads you to the good, which leads you to the truth.
— Robert Barron
Truth is the first of jewels.
— Margaret Fuller