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