Quotes about Wisdom

Those things which are sacred, are to be imparted only to sacred persons; and it is not lawful to import them to the profane until they have been initiated in the mysteries of the science.

'Facts' are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.

The more ignorant we become the less value we set on science, and the less inclination we shall have to seek it.

Nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all.

But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

Sometimes we smile at a child who's afraid of the dark. I think more ridiculous is a man or woman afraid of the light.

The apprehension of this blessed truth (God's faithfulness) will check our murmurings. The Lord knows what is best for each of us, and one effect or resting on this truth will be the silencing of our petulant complainings. God is greatly honored when, under trial and chastening, we have good thoughts of Him, vindicate His wisdom and justice, and recognize His love in His very rebukes.

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.

This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.

In our own lives the voice of God speaks slowly, a syllable at a time. Reaching the peak of years, dispelling some of our intimate illusions and learning how to spell the meaning of life-experiences backwards, some of us discover how the scattered syllables form a single phrase.

Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method.

Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.