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Quotes about Wisdom

I don't eat with beautiful women alone.
- Billy Graham
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
- Henry David Thoreau
attention and the awareness that arises from it are the doorway to true education and learning — life-long gifts that keep deepening with use.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
By grounding yourself in mindfulness early in the morning, you are reminding yourself that things are always changing, that good and bad things come and go, and that it is possible to embody a perspective of constancy, wisdom, and inner peace as you face any conditions that present themselves.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.
- Jonathan Edwards
All truth is given by revelation, either general or special, and it must be received by reason. Reason is the God-given means for discovering the truth that God discloses, whether in his world or his Word. While God wants to reach the heart with truth, he does not bypass the mind.
- Jonathan Edwards
A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom; and that it is by God's power that he is upheld and provided for, and that he needs God's wisdom to lead and guide him, and His might to enable him to do what he ought to do for Him.
- Jonathan Edwards
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
Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.
- Jonathan Edwards
One of these grand defects, as I humbly conceive, is this, that children are habituated to learning without understanding.
- Jonathan Edwards
True wisdom is found ins trusting God when you can't figure things out.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.
- Joseph Addison