I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others. John Woolman on wisdom
When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more. Mayim Bialik on wisdom
No man is the wiser for his learning it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon but wit and wisdom are born with a man. John Selden on wisdom
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. John Henry Newman on wisdom
Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it. Mary Astell on wisdom
The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in God's Eyes. Mary Astell on wisdom
Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. Mary Astell on wisdom
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 on wisdom
Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature. art and religion. Ruth St. Denis on wisdom
Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. George William Curtis on wisdom
My past is my wisdom to use today... my future is my wisdom yet to experience. Be in the present because that is where life resides. Gene Oliver on wisdom
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue. Wilhelm von Humboldt on wisdom
Our experience is composed rather of illusions that of wisdom acquired. Joseph Roux on wisdom
There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones. Daniel Dae Kim on wisdom
The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. Stephen Gardiner on wisdom
Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth. Mikhail Gorbachev on wisdom
Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that you're hopefully gaining wisdom and you're starting to watch things with a better overview. Sheryl Crow on wisdom
Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race. Stanley Kunitz on wisdom
Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. Francis Quarles on wisdom
Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of their lives - which is true - but there's also another dimension: their wisdom, dignity and enormous capacity for survival. Henning Mankell on wisdom