“Wisdom thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten. Science is got by diligence; but Discretion and Wisdom cometh of GOD.”

“Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.”

Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist

“There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
Big words are always punished,
And proud men in old age learn to be wise.”

Sophocles (-496–-406 BC) ancient Greek tragedian

“These ten commandments come to us as a Divine Revelation, as a document signed by God Himself [-] But these books contain a higher wisdom besides. Not the wisdom of the street corners, nor the wisdom of the learned schools, but the conduct which God requires of us”

Michael von Faulhaber (1869–1952) German Roman Catholic Cardinal

“Science is not wisdom.”

Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter

“Wisdom never learned silence, and it is most annoying when least wanted.”

Patricia A. McKillip book The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

“But science is permitted because this wisdom is like a ladder to climb to the Torah wisdom.”

Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512–1609) Czech rabbi

“Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.”

Plato (-427–-347 BC) Classical Greek philosopher

“Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn.”

Charles de Lint (1951) author

“The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.”

Clarence Darrow (1857–1938) American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union