712 private quotes tagged wisdom

“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.” — Daniel J. Boorstin

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“I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.” — Eric Clapton

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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” — Isaac Asimov

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“Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.” — Abigail Adams

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“Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.” — Greg Anderson

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“This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.” — William Law

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“The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.” — William Osler

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“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” — Jimi Hendrix

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“I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.” — Barry White

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“To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.” — Marilyn vos Savant

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“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.” — Moliere

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“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.” — Calvin Coolidge

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“If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.” — Holly Near

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“It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” — John Steinbeck

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“Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'” — Bill Bradley

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“While many of us never knew Ronald Reagan personally, we felt close to him because we shared his lighthearted sense of humor, admired his uncommon virtue, and were moved by his remarkable wisdom.” — Randy Forbes

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“All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope.” — Alexandre Dumas

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“The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom.” — Gordon Gee

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“Beauty, the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God and Angel of his Presence thru' all creation.” — Robert Bridges

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“God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom.” — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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“History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.” — Daisaku Ikeda

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“To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained.” — Charles Inglis

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“Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.” — Karl Kraus

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“One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most.” — Walter Pater

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“To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.” — Thomas Traherne

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