#wisdom

O Lord, I am further away from me than from You! ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#life-lessons #wisdom #life

The crack in your heart allows light in. ~ GOOD FORTUNE page 238 ↗

— Leslie Bratspis

#chinese-wisdom #compassion #inner-wisdom #life-lessons #meditation

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy ↗

— Phyllis McGinley

#ignorance #knowledge #marriage #wisdom #life

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. – Bill W. ↗

— Bill W.

#habit #honesty #patience #perseverance #self-examination

Let us not be bored ↗

— Joe Buberger

#gaining-wisdom #growing-up #solitude #think #wise

No, you cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building nests in your hair. ↗

— D. Byron Patterson

#life-lesson #wisdom #life

Johannes had once said that violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it was easer to use your hands to strike a blow than to use your brain to find a logical and just solution to the problem. ↗

— Anne Holm

#i-am-david #life #smart #stupidity #violence

Fools, their wisdom weak, are their own enemies as they go through life, doing evil that bears bitter fruit. ↗

— Juan Mascaró

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Quand on parle des vices d’un homme, si on vous dit : “Tout le monde le dit” ne le croyez pas ; si l’on parle de ses vertus en vous disant encore : “Tout le monde le dit”, croyez-le. ↗

— François-René de Chateaubriand

#people #relationships #society #wisdom #life

The ultimate difference between God's wisdom and man's wisdom is how they relate to the glory of God's grace in Christ crucified. God's wisdom makes the glory of God's grace our supreme treasure. But man's wisdom delights in seeing himself as resourceful, self-sufficient, self determining, and not utterly dependent on God's free grace. ↗

— John Piper

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