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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"Do you feel after God? Then you shall find Him."
George Fox
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"You will find the Kingdom of God within you."
George Fox
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"Deal with all people in the fear of the Lord."
George Fox
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"Bring all thy works into judgment, and thou shalt find truth."
George Fox
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"Your conscience is your truest guide to righteousness."
George Fox
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"Truth may be spoken by a child as well as by a learned scholar."
George Fox
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"Guard thy heart above all things, for out of it flows life."
George Fox
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"Beware of those who speak much but do little."
George Fox
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"Every test of faith brings greater understanding to the soul."
George Fox
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"When a man is in the process of being enlightened, he experiences a kind of inward delight."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"All conjunction of love and wisdom produces use."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The light of wisdom illuminates all understanding."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"True intelligence consists in seeing what others overlook."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The eye of understanding opens when we cease to look only with human eyes."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The greatest wisdom is to know oneself."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Love without knowledge is blind; knowledge without love is cold."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The greatest discovery is understanding our own nature."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"To understand another, we must transcend our own limited perspective."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Vision requires both internal and external sight."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Understanding requires the marriage of reason and intuition."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"In silence, the eternal word speaks most clearly to the listening heart."
Jacob Böhme
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"The spirit speaks in symbols and images, not in empty words."
Jacob Böhme
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"The heart knows truths that the mind cannot comprehend."
Jacob Böhme
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"To seek wisdom is to seek union with the divine ground."
Jacob Böhme
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"Wisdom comes to those who listen to the silence within."
Jacob Böhme
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"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"The wound is healed not by time alone but by the light of consciousness."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"The art of knowing is knowing what to overlook."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)