If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
Wisdom alone is true ambition’s aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.
Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
The best wisdom comes from the hardest struggle.
I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do – and not only for operating, but for everything.
I’ve always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.
The greatest wisdom is to realize one’s lack of it.
I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I’ve probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I’ve got more experience. But I haven’t really changed. I’m still driven by the same philosophy.
When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don’t get wise, but you don’t get wise unless you age.
What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.
Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.
Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths.
We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one’s life completely.
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
Resource efficiency is the wrong metric. We should use nature as the measure, using nature’s wisdom as a template for our economic systems.
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
