Today's words of wisdom - Page 157

Jimbuna · 04-20-25, 12:44 PM

There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.

Willem Dafoe

Jimbuna · 04-22-25, 11:24 AM

Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.

Solon

Jimbuna · 04-23-25, 11:34 AM

Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.

Francis of Assisi

Jimbuna · 04-24-25, 12:39 PM

To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.

Adam Clarke

Jimbuna · 04-25-25, 07:45 AM

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

Plato

Jimbuna · 04-26-25, 12:43 PM

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

Johannes Tauler

Aktungbby · 04-26-25, 10:41 PM

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....but, as we are in the "image of god", an occasional rewarding self-pat on the back is occasionally permissable!

Jimbuna · 04-27-25, 10:56 AM

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.

Evelyn Waugh

Jimbuna · 04-28-25, 10:37 AM

Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you can handle, and if you come out the other end with some wisdom, then it's not such a bad thing.

Boy George

Jimbuna · 05-01-25, 11:52 AM

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

Arthur Helps

Jimbuna · 05-02-25, 11:44 AM

I have authentic wisdom to share with others.

Paula White

Jimbuna · 05-03-25, 12:40 PM

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

Octavio Paz

Jimbuna · 05-04-25, 12:53 PM

Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.

Sara Teasdale

Shadowblade · 05-04-25, 03:58 PM

"Do or do not. There is no try."
- Yoda

Jimbuna · 05-05-25, 11:07 AM

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

Herbie Hancock

04-20-25, 12:44 PM	#2341
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing. Willem Dafoe __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-22-25, 11:24 AM	#2342
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces. Solon __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-23-25, 11:34 AM	#2343
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses. Francis of Assisi __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-24-25, 12:39 PM	#2344
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence. Adam Clarke __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-25-25, 07:45 AM	#2345
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. Plato __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-26-25, 12:43 PM	#2346
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own. Johannes Tauler __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-26-25, 10:41 PM	#2347
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,058 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	/\ ....but, as we are in the "image of god", an occasional rewarding self-pat on the back is occasionally permissable! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

04-27-25, 10:56 AM	#2348
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich. Evelyn Waugh __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-28-25, 10:37 AM	#2349
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you can handle, and if you come out the other end with some wisdom, then it's not such a bad thing. Boy George __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-01-25, 11:52 AM	#2350
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice. Arthur Helps __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-02-25, 11:44 AM	#2351
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I have authentic wisdom to share with others. Paula White __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-03-25, 12:40 PM	#2352
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. Octavio Paz __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-04-25, 12:53 PM	#2353
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation. Sara Teasdale __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-04-25, 03:58 PM	#2354
Shadowblade Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 725 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda __________________ Kapitänleutnant Vlad von Carstein - U-Flotilla Saltzwedel - U-123, Type IXB SH3 GWX 3.0

05-05-25, 11:07 AM	#2355
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,844 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose. Herbie Hancock __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!