Quotes having the keyword Wisdom
Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
by William Whitehead (Poet, English , born in 1715) keywords: aim, alone, ambition, best, employed, enjoyed, fame, labour, mankind, most, obtained, share, source, then, true, virtue , wisdom And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm.
by Rowan D. Williamskeywords: another, become, created, eternal, finite, god, interacting, loving, objects, realm, relating, such, those, way, wisdom , world We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
by E. O. Wilson (Scientist, American , born in 1929) keywords: able, choices, critically, drowning, henceforth, important, information, make, put, right, run, starving, synthesizers, think, time, together, while, will, wisdom, wisely , world Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
by Tom Wilson (Cartoonist, American , born in 1931) topics: Wisdom keywords: age, come, itself, just, necessarily, shows, sometimes, up , wisdom It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed "Wisdom." And then I know exactly what is going to follow: "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
by Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosopher, Austrian , born in 1889) keywords: across, chapter, come, culture, every, exactly, follow, going, headed, know, seems, then, vanities, vanity , wisdom Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.
by Bob Woodward (Journalist, American , born in 1943) keywords: analysts, around, batting, because, conventional, lot, many, never, reported, reporters, reputations, story, television, their, these , wisdom I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.
by John Woolman (Clergyman, American , born in 1720) keywords: cause, commit, fearing, find, fool, god, men, offence, offend, only, others, remain, sentiments, simplicity, take, truth, unmoved, way, wisdom , worldly Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: action, asleep, books, conversation, dead, design, get, living, may, nothing, paper, pride, repair, spend, their, thought, unless, waste, weary , wisdom The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
by Edward Young (Poet, English , born in 1683) keywords: clouds, down, drop, estates, may, must, seek, sought, titles, us, wealth , wisdom Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
by Lin Yutang (Author, Chinese , born in 1895) keywords: art, besides, consists, done, elimination, getting, leaving, life, noble, things, undone , wisdom
