28 August 2021

Week 2021-34: Wisdom is...

"Knowledge is a function of intellect while wisdom is a function of being." (D Trinidad Hunt)

"Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more." (William Cowper)

"Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way, wisdom is looking both directions anyway." (Amelia Walker)

"Wisdom is found only in truth." (Johann von Goethe)

"Wisdom is letting go of something every day." (Zen saying)

"Wisdom is learning to let go when you want to hang on. Courage is learning to hang on when you want to let go." (Mark Amend)

"Wisdom is like gold; it is useless if no one will accept it from you." (Geoffrey N Pyke, 1931) 

"Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves." (Nisargadatta Mahraj)

"Wisdom is knowing in depth the great metaphors of meaning." (Carl G Jung)

"Wisdom is knowing what to do next." (David S Jordan)

"Wisdom is knowledge of principles and causes." (Robert Hutchins)

"Wisdom is not a wisdom at all, if it comes too late." (Aristotle)

"Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain." (Robert E Lee)

"Wisdom is nothing more than common sense refined by learning and experience." (Zhuge Liang)

"Wisdom is simply this: to do the next thing that has to be done, to do it with all your heart, and to take delight in doing it." (Meister Eckhardt)

"Wisdom is the right use of knowledge." (Charles H Spurgeon)

"Wisdom is the best guide and faith is the best companion." Dalai Lama

"Wisdom is the lesson learned, applied.”  (Rick Beneteau)

"Wisdom is the most important part of happiness." (Sophocles)

"Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use." (Thimas J Watson

"Wisdom is the ability to gather knowledge and adapt it to new situations. In other words, wisdom is knowing when, where and how to apply knowledge. It is knowledge at a deeper level." (David Green)

"True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance." (Akhenaton)

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