The philosophical point is that our happiness and wellbeing is not based on incomes rising. This is not just the wisdom of sages but of ordinary people. Prosperity is more social and psychological: it's about identification, affiliation, participation in society and a sense of purpose. Tim Jackson affiliationbasehappiness share on social
Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without. Henry David Thoreau bungleignorancelove Change image and share on social
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. Sophocles happinesspartsupreme Change image and share on social
Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do. Charles Stanley compelearthlygodly Change image and share on social
There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source. Brigham Young knowledgelightpossession Change image and share on social
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only. Samuel Smiles disciplineexperienceinstruction share on social
When I go out to direct a film, every day we prepare too much, we think too much. Knowledge becomes a weight upon wisdom. You know, simple words lost in the quicksand of experience. Shekhar Kapur daydirectexperience Change image and share on social
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. Benjamin Franklin adoptbusinesscarry share on social
They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense. George Combe brutechooseengland share on social
