Spiritual Thoughts

  W ise people are wise because they have come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know. ~ William Saroyan M ake your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding. Then you will discern the fear of the LORD, and discover the knowledge of God. ~ Proverbs 2:2, 5

M ay you have the hindsight to know where you have been, the foresight to know where you are going,  and the insight to know when you are going too far.  ~ Hosea Ballou   M ake your ear attentive to wisdom; incline your heart to understanding. For if you cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding, then you will understand the honor of the LORD, and discover the knowledge of God. ~ Proverbs 2:2, 3, 5

  L earning is the beginning of wealth.   Learning is the beginning of health.   Learning is the beginning of spirituality.    Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins. ~Jim Rohn   A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and one of understanding will acquire wise counsel. ~ Proverbs 1:5

  D evelop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never  cease to grow. ~ Anthony J. D'Angelo   G ive me understanding, a teachable heart and the ability to learn, so that I may keep Your words and observe them with all my heart. ~ Psalm 119:34 (Amplified)

  Y ou building your mind, so make it into something you want to live with. ~ Marilynne Robinson   A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. ~ Proverbs 1:5, 7

  A  man begins cutting his wisdom  teeth the first time he bites off  more than he can chew.  ~ Herb Caen   B lessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,  for she is more profitable than silver  and yields better returns than gold .  ~ Proverbs 3:13-14

T hat is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, BUT in a new way. ~ Doris Lessing   F or the LORD gives wisdom, from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. ~ Proverbs 2:6

  Friday Tale - the Daffodil Principle   S everal times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come to see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead.            "I will come next Tuesday", I promised a little reluctantly on her third call.            Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and reluctantly I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn's house I was welcomed by the joyful sounds of happy children. I delightedly hugged and greeted my grandchildren.            "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in these clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive another inch!"        ...

W isdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. ~ Doug Larson   M ake your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding. ~ Proverbs 2:2

W e do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for our selves, after a journey through the wilderness which no on else can make for us.... ~ Marcel Proust B lessed is the one who finds wisdom and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. ~ Proverbs 3:13-

K nowledge comes by taking things apart: analysis.     But wisdom comes by putting things together.   -John A. Morrison H ow much better is it to get wisdom than gold!   Yes, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.  - Proverbs 16:16 (ASV)

T he limit of your present understanding         is not the limit of your possibilities.. -Guy Finley  B lessed is the one who finds wisdom,         and the one who gets understanding. -Proverbs 3:13

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. - Herb Caen  H appy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding. -Proverbs 3:13

Men occasionally stumble over the truth,   but most of them pick themselves up and      hurry off as if nothing had happened. ~ Winston Churchill Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. Proverbs 23:23