“The small wisdom is like water in a glass:clear, transparent, pure.The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:dark, mysterious, impenetrable.”
“Reading a book is like having the ability to dip a straw into the author’s soul and sip and slurp without lowering the water table of wisdom. ”
“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”
“Knowledge is knowing a basket, wisdom is not putting water into it.”
“Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.”
“With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with my own hand labour'd it to grow: And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd -- "I came like Water and like Wind I go.”