Abu Bakr Quotes

An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.

Any time I found a new piece of knowledge or wisdom, I would thank Allah for it. Then Allah would bless me with more of it.

In the Bible the ignorant may learn all requisite knowledge, and the most knowing may learn to discern their ignorance.

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Why would anyone walk through life satisfied with the light from the candle of their own understanding when, by reaching out to our Heavenly Father, they could experience the bright sun of spiritual knowledge that would expand their minds with wisdom and fill their souls with joy?

Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

We should always be learning. However, we must be careful not to set aside our faith in the process, because faith actually enhances our ability to learn.

When I pray, I ask for guidance in my life to be the best person I can be, to learn what I need to learn, and to grow from what I learn.

A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.

Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves.

A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.

Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it.

We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.

Libraries can take the place of God.

He who knows himself is enlightened.

You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life.