“In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.”
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“Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.”
“Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.”
“Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.”
“I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.”
“In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.”
“There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.”
“Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.”
“The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.”
“You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain 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.”
“There is a universal, intelligent, life force that exists within everyone and everything. It resides within each one of use as a deep wisdom, an inner knowing. We can access this wonderful source of knowledge and wisdom through our intuition, an inner sense that tells us what feels right and true for us at any given moment.”
“In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.”
“Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.”
“Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God.”
“Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.”
“Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.”
“Every silver lining has a cloud.”
“Wisdom is learning what to overlook.”
“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.”
“Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.”
“I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide.”
“As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.”
“It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.”