Wisdom Quotes
The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.
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"One must be clever enough not to become a victim of one's own cleverness."Friedrich Nietzsche
"The man of knowledge must be able to love his enemies."Friedrich Nietzsche
"A person of deep intelligence senses in everything that happens the presence of the divine."Friedrich Nietzsche
"The most common form of human error is forgetting what one was trying to do in the first place."Friedrich Nietzsche
"Method without madness is mere formalism; madness without method is mere chaos."John Wesley
"Methodism is not a system of doctrine, but a system of practice."John Wesley
"The more knowledge, the more sorrow; the more wisdom, the more tears."John Wesley
"Let us not be wise in imagination, but wise in works."John Wesley
"The greatest wisdom is in knowing our own ignorance."John Wesley
"Every gift of God is good; it is the abuse of gifts that is evil."John Wesley
"The Seed of God is in you now. If the Seed gets watered, it will grow up to save you, thrusting out the Seed of Satan."George Fox
"Thou canst not buy Christ as thou buyest other things; therefore, thou must forsake all and follow Him."George Fox
"Mind the Light within."George Fox
"I was to turn people from darkness to light, that they might receive Christ Jesus."George Fox
"Consider the works of the Lord."George Fox
"Come ye to that which is real."George Fox
"The Spirit of Christ will lead you into all truth."George Fox
"Stand in that which is eternal."George Fox
"All are called to walk in the Light."George Fox
"All must repent and turn from their sins."George Fox
"Be obedient to the Light within you."George Fox
"The Light within guides all who follow it."George Fox
"All must seek the Kingdom of God within."George Fox
"The Light is the judge of all things."George Fox
"All must live according to their conscience."George Fox
"The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom and the foundation of piety."Jonathan Edwards
"Humility is not thinking poorly of oneself but thinking rightly of God."Jonathan Edwards
"The pursuit of worldly pleasure ultimately leads to emptiness and despair."Jonathan Edwards
"Self-denial and sacrifice are not burdens but paths to genuine fulfillment."Jonathan Edwards
"Wisdom consists in seeing all things from the perspective of God's eternal purpose."Jonathan Edwards