Quotes about Wisdom
What will really matter is whether those in power expect more from people's folly than from their wisdom and independence of mind.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We shall never again try to convince a fool by reason, for it is both useless and dangerous.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It will always be true that the wisest course for the disciple is...to abide solely by the Word of God in all simplicity.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Perception, knowledge, and truth without love are nothing. They are not truth, for truth is God, and God is love. Therefore, truth without love is a lie.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
By the way, do you notice that uneducated people find it very difficult to decide things objectively, and that they allow some more or less fortuitous minor circumstance to turn the scales?
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.
— Dolly Parton
Because books, my friends, are true magic bound between two covers.
— Dolly Parton
Everything was perfect. I sensed that I knew everything and had no questions to ask.
— Don Piper
You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing.
— John Maxwell
A room without books is like a life without meaning.
— Thomas Jefferson
The real trick in life is to turn hindsight into foresight that reveals insight.
— Robin Sharma
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
— William Hazlitt