Talált 618 Eredmények: Divine Wisdom

• The very first step towards wisdom is the desire for discipline, (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 18)

• A royal road it is, then, this desire for wisdom, (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 21)

• and you, that have nations under your sway, as you value throne and sceptre, must hold wisdom in honour; how else shall your reign be eternal? (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 22)

• What wisdom is, whence came its birth, I will now make known to you. Not for me to withhold the secret; from first to last I will tell the story of her origin, bring to light all that may be known of her, no word of the truth passed by. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 24)

• Wide let wisdom be spread, for the more health of mankind; what better security for a people, than prudence on the throne? (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 26)

• Whence, then, did the prudence spring that endowed me? Prayer brought it; to God I prayed, and the spirit of wisdom came upon me.✻ (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 7)

• I treasured wisdom more than health or beauty, preferred her to the light of day; hers is a flame which never dies down. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 10)

• All this I enjoyed, with wisdom to prepare my way for me, never guessing that it all sprang from her. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 12)

• all the mysteries and all the surprises of nature were made known to me; wisdom herself taught me, that is the designer of them all. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 21)

• Nothing so agile that it can match wisdom for agility; nothing can penetrate this way and that, etherial as she. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 24)

• Steam that ascends from the fervour of divine activity, pure effluence of his glory who is God all-powerful, she feels no passing taint; (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 25)

• light must still alternate with darkness, but where is the conspiracy can pull down wisdom from her throne? (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 30)