Quotes about wisdom

Biblical wisdom is a process that begins with gaining knowledge, then choosing to set aside our former ways of thinking, and then putting this new knowledge into practice.

Chuck Swindoll

The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.

Giacomo Casanova

The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.

Larry Ellison

If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful and good.

Plato

Don’t expect wisdom to come into your life like great chunks of rock on a conveyor belt. Wisdom comes privately from God as a byproduct of right decisions, godly reactions, and the application of spiritual principles to daily circumstances.

Chuck Swindoll

A woman is a mystery to guide a wise and open man.

Rumi

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Will Durant

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.

Thich Nhat Hanh

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.

Euripides