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. 2.44K
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. 653
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. 582
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. 2.42K
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. 566
We can be knowledgable with other men’s knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom. Michel de Montaigne 535
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. 2.5K
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. 546