"Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love." ― Honore de Balzac Topic(s): Wisdom Tags: apprehension, wisdom More From Honore de Balzac "There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power." "The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute." "Love is the poetry of the senses." More In Wisdom "All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people."― James A. Garfield "Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two."― Octavio Paz "Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do."― Charles Stanley