Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

WISDOM

God, give me the serenity to accept the things that cannot be changed,
The courage to change the things which should be changed and
the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. ………Reinhold Niebuhr.

Patience is the companion of Wisdom. ……….Saint Augustine

The only true Wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ……Socrates

Common sense in an uncommon degree,
is what the world calls Wisdom. ....Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep ,
too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. ...... Khalil Gibran.

Wisdom comes alone through suffering. …..….Aeschylus

Knowledge speaks, but Wisdom listens. ……..Jimi Hendrix

Turn your wounds into Wisdom. ……… Oprah Winfrey

A single conversation with a Wise man is better than ten years of study. …….Chinese Proverb

Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers. ………..Alfred Lord Tennyson

Kindness is Wisdom. …….. Philip James Bailey

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. ……. Gerald Brenan

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability. ………Titus Maccius Plautus

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted Wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a Man of Understanding. Proverbs 17:28

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the Wisest might err. ….Mohandas Ghandi

The function of Wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. …..Cicero

It is a characteristic of Wisdom not to do desperate things. ….Henry David Thoreau

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ……Immanuel Kant

He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of Wisdom. …….J. R. R. Tolkien.

Wisdom is the supreme part of Happiness. …….Sophocles

The Wisdom of life consists in the elimination of Non-essentials. ….Lin Yu Tang

Wisdom is oft times nearer when we stoop, than when we soar. ….William Woodsworth
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