“There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.”
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“The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope.”
“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.”
“Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'”
“If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.”
“To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
“I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.”
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.”
“Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.”
“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.”
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”
“Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.”
“Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”
“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more.”
“And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.”
“The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.”
“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”