Quotes about Wisdom
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.
— Confucius
Infantile people complain and say that God is cruel or that there is no God. Mature people, however, know that there is wisdom and sometimes an eternal kindness in God's refusals.
— Norman Vincent Peale
It takes all sorts of in and outdoor schooling To get adapted to my kind of fooling.
— Robert Frost
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
— Lao Tzu
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.
— Jonathan Edwards
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Imagination is the language of the soul. Pay attention to your imagination and you will discover all you need to be fulfilled.
— Albert Einstein
Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
— Jonathan Edwards
Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
— Hippocrates
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.
— Stephen Hawking
Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.
— Nicky Gumbel