Quotes about Wisdom

The wise man is the one who sees reality as it is, and who sees into the depths of things. That is why only that man is wise who sees reality in God. To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential.

What will really matter is whether those in power expect more from people's folly than from their wisdom and independence of mind.

We shall never again try to convince a fool by reason, for it is both useless and dangerous.

It will always be true that the wisest course for the disciple is...to abide solely by the Word of God in all simplicity.

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.

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?

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.

Because books, my friends, are true magic bound between two covers.

Everything was perfect. I sensed that I knew everything and had no questions to ask.

You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing.

A room without books is like a life without meaning.

The real trick in life is to turn hindsight into foresight that reveals insight.