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