Quotes for Wisdom

Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit.

Anne Lamott

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Oprah Winfrey

When I rather guiltily read the books on which the TV series 'Game Of Thrones' is based, I was struck by one thing. The whole point of this saga is that ruthlessness pays, that evil generally wins, that justice is non-existent, and utter cynicism the only wisdom. It is the Middle Ages without the saving grace of Christianity.

Peter Hitchens

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

Thomas Carlyle

No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.

Barack Obama

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

Herbie Hancock

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Honore de Balzac

I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.

Oprah Winfrey

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Henry Ford

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

William Blake

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

Honore de Balzac

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

Aeschylus

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

George Santayana

We are all responsible to Jesus first, and then, under him, to various other persons and offices. Discerning the path of love and obedience when two or more of these submissive relationships collide is a call to humble, Bible-saturated, spiritual wisdom.

John Piper

Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.

Jonathan Sacks

After many years of great mercy, after tasting of the powers of the world to come, we still are so weak, so foolish; but, oh! when we get away from self to God, there all is truth and purity and holiness, and our heart finds peace, wisdom, completeness, delight, joy, victory.

Charles Spurgeon

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

Thomas Jefferson

I'm not an academic philosopher, and don't agree with the way the universities approach the subject. I'm a philosopher only in the very loose sense of someone interested in wisdom and well-being attained through reason. But I'm as interested in psychoanalysis and art as I am in philosophy.

Alain de Botton