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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"The practice of virtue must be consistent and rooted in genuine piety."
Jonathan Edwards
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"The pursuit of worldly honors is a distraction from the pursuit of God."
Jonathan Edwards
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"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"The measure of maturity is the ability to hold paradox without needing immediate resolution."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"The quality of our inner life determines the quality of our contribution to the world."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"Contemplation without action is incomplete; action without contemplation is blind."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me."
Jacob Böhme
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"Man's greatest disease is his ignorance of his own divine nature."
Jacob Böhme
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"The heart is the seat of all wisdom and understanding."
Jacob Böhme
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"The soul recognizes truth instinctively, without the need for proof."
Jacob Böhme
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"Knowledge without love is like a body without a soul."
Jacob Böhme
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"The mind without the heart is blind; the heart without the mind is empty."
Jacob Böhme
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"To grow in wisdom is to grow in humility."
Jacob Böhme
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"In the stillness of the soul, all answers are revealed."
Jacob Böhme
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"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
William James
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"Wisdom is the art of knowing which impulses to obey."
William James
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"To know what not to do is the best knowledge of all."
William James
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"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success."
William James
"Every moment offers us the chance to choose love over fear."
Charles Wesley
"Wisdom comes to those who listen more than they speak."
Charles Wesley
"The wisdom of ages teaches us that virtue is its own reward."
Charles Wesley
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"Let your lives speak, then there is perfection and peace in the Lord forever."
George Fox
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"In every circumstance, seek the Light within."
George Fox
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"The love of money is the root of all evil."
George Fox
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"The humble shall be exalted in the end."
George Fox
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"Let thy words be as seeds planted in good soil."
George Fox
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"Those who sow discord reap destruction."
George Fox
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"Guard thy heart, for out of it spring the issues of life."
George Fox
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"In the depths of silence, wisdom is born."
George Fox
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"Wisdom is the right use of knowledge."
John Wesley