Quotes about Wisdom

God, the source of all knowledge, should never have been expelled from our children's classrooms.

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

Knowledge come from looking around; wisdom comes from looking up.

Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.

Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.

When I was learned, knowledge was everything. Now that I'm a learner, kindness is everything.

There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.

Confucius said the doctrine of the mean was the highest virtue, and rare among men. The Buddhists call it the middle way. Aristotle saw moderation as the essence of virtue. I say moderation in all things, even moderation.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other very well.

Wenn man Bücher bei sich trug, waren Handgreiflichkeiten zu vermeiden. Er trug immer Bücher bei sich.

He explained to me with great insistence that every question posessed a power that did not lie in the answer.

There are so many who know more than I do, who understand the world better than I do. I would be truly learned, a great scholar, if only I could retain everything I've learned from those I have known. But then would I still be me? And isn't all that only words? Words grow old, too; they change their meaning and their usage. They get sick just as we do; they die of their wounds and then they are relegated to the dust of dictionaries. And where am I in all this?