Wisdom

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. It is founded on our thoughts. It is made up of our thoughts.

The Spring and Autumn Annals examines the principles of things and rectifies their names. It applies names to things as they really are…

It is better to follow your own path, however imperfectly, than to follow someone else’s perfectly.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Contemplation allows us to see the truth of things in their wholeness.

The larger the island of knowledge, the larger the shoreline of wonder…

Humanity is to love mankind and wisdom is to remove its evil.

God speaks not in the whirlwind, the earthquake, or the fire but in the still, small voice that echoes in the silence of the soul…

The only simplicity for which I would give a straw is that which is on the other side of the complex.

The habit of the active utilization of well-understood principles is the final possession of wisdom.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

God gives wisdom to whom He will, and he to whom wisdom is given has truly received abundant good.

The Eye of my heart sees everything; and through this vision I can help my people.

If something can be done about it, What need is there for dejection? And if nothing can be done about it, what use is there for being dejected?

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

With a deeper understanding of reality, you can go beyond appearances and relate to the world in a much more appropriate, effective, and realistic manner.

The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.

Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true wisdom.

If something is true, no matter who said it, it is always from the Holy Spirit.

To practice love a norm must be set up, because a true life of love requires order…

The soul is the sense of something higher than ourselves, something that stirs in us thoughts, hopes, and aspirations which go out to the world of goodness, truth and beauty.

The Spring and Autumn Annals examines the principles of things and rectifies their names. It applies names to things as they really are…

To practice love a norm must be set up, because a true life of love requires order…

Wisdom is the child of integrity—being integrated around principles. And integrity is the child of humility and courage.