All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom

“We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.”

“After the final no there comes a yes / And on that yes the future world depends.”

“Between the natural way and the path of grace there is a deep abyss. It is in that gap that we live our lives as a giant struggle between good and evil, Satan and God, despair and love. Whenever despair wins, it is the natural way. Whenever love wins, it is a moment of grace. When love is victorious and defeats despair completely, you’ve reached the path of grace.”

“Wisdom comes from reflection.”

“One is often so busy doing life that it is easy to avoid evaluating whether you are putting your energy in the direction you value most.”

“There’s always something when you’re at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to recognize and take the consequences of it.”

“But Johannes had said, “Politeness is something you owe other people, because when you show a little courtesy, everything becomes easier and better. But first and foremost, it’s something you owe yourself. You are David.”

“Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.”

“Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.”

“Just as the bird needs wings to fly, a leader needs useful information to flow. Leaders learn.”

“It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.”

“His strength for your weakness! His wisdom for your folly! His drive for your drift! His grace for your greed! His love for your lust! His peace for your problems! His joy for your sorrow! His plenty for your poverty!”

“I don’t know what to say to fill the silence. I don’t know how to fix this. It seems wrong to leave him, but I have to. There’s no compromise, no alternative. Things just weren’t meant to be, which seems like a pansy-ass thing to say, until it happens to you.”

“A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.”

“Wisdom is not having God’s perspective of the whole matter before us, but having God’s perspective about what next response will honor Him while keeping us still usable to Him.”