“Wisdom begins with reverence for God."No God, no wisdom (witness your local university).”

“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.”

“I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.”

“As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.”

“Reverence for human personality is the beginning of wisdom, in every social question, but above all in education.”

“The ultimate difference between God's wisdom and man's wisdom is how they relate to the glory of God's grace in Christ crucified. God's wisdom makes the glory of God's grace our supreme treasure. But man's wisdom delights in seeing himself as resourceful, self-sufficient, self determining, and not utterly dependent on God's free grace.”