By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. 2.57K
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. 859
In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don’t let your eyes deceive you. 770
The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. 2.59K
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face. 713
We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom. Michel de Montaigne 690
Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. 2.64K
Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying. 682
