#wisdom

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#forward #greater #knowledge #search #step

I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect. ↗

— Alex Grey

#alive #aspect #being #body #emotions

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. ↗

— Horace

#alone #books #derived

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#art #believe #counsellors #every #human

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork. ↗

— James Prescott Joule

#aim #attributes #evidenced #god #goodness

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#life #organized #science #wisdom

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones. ↗

— Daniel Dae Kim

#just #listening #much #ones #relationships

No plaque reminds the passer-by of these glories, although there should be one; for those who invent biscuits bring great pleasure to many. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#humour #wisdom #food

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#greatness #happy #kind #lies #mind

Fats was starting to think that if you flipped every bit of received wisdom on its head you would have the truth. He wanted to journey through dark labyrinths and wrestle with the strangeness that lurked within; he wanted to crack open piety and expose hypocrisy; he wanted to break taboos and squeeze wisdom from their bloody hearts; he wanted to achieve a state of amoral grace, and be baptised backwards into ignorance and simplicity. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#wisdom #freedom