The path to Wisdom

The Path to Wisdom

                                            Part two

The beginning of wisdom is experience.

Knowledge is the act of knowing,
Wisdom is the Act of Being.


“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ~Aristotle

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future.

Tryon Edwards

We cannot always predict the future: but we can experience, and learn from, the present.




Quote by Rachel Carson

I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to know as to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil. Once the emotions have been aroused -- a sense of the beautiful, the excitement of the new and the unknown, a feeling of sympathy, pity, admiration or love -- then we wish for knowledge about the subject of our emotional response. Once found, it has lasting meaning. It is more important to pave the way for the child to want to know than to put him on a diet of facts he is not ready to assimilate.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future.

Tryon Edwards

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Thomas Jefferson

Living a life of honest and integrity,humility,courtesy,charity will Put you on the right path towards wisdom

Julie Richards

How do we gain Wisdom,why do we need it, and When do we use it? (part one)

What is Wisdom?  Part One.

Quotes are taken from the book 1001 Ways to Wisdom

Wisdom is more than Knowledge.

Knowledge which is divided into three domains, Personal, Propositional, and Procedural.

 Personal Knowledge is based on the first-hand experience,
 Procedural relies on the first-hand truth about the world as we see it 
 and Propositional is based on things we learn, like how to do something like baking a cake, riding a  bike.

Wisdom, is the ability to think using knowledge, personal experience, understanding, Judgement, Intelligence, Insight and Common sense.

How do we gain Wisdom; why do we need it; and when do we use it?

It is not knowledge that makes us wise, it is knowing how to use that knowledge.

Knowledge can exist without Wisdom, but not the other way around. One can be knowledgeable without having wisdom. Wisdom is the appropriate application of knowledge. For example, Knowledge is learning the ten commandments. Wisdom is following them.

Wisdom 

Wisdom is not the same as knowledge,

A person may know a lot but be a fool.

In the same way, a simple man may be

profoundly wise

It is better to know yourself than those that speak of you.

Wisdom is a deep understanding of people, events, and situations. It requires control over one's emotional reaction, so that reason and knowledge, not passion determine one's actions.

Philosophy, according to the Greeks, is the love of wisdom.

Wise men and wise women

You will know when you come across a wise woman because others will go to her for advice.

A wise man never speaks of his wisdom unless he is asked to do so

Quote: - Knowing others is intelligence

Knowing yourself is true wisdom

Mastering others is strength

Mastering yourself is true power

Tao Te Ching

So to sum up Wisdom is;acceptance,gratitude,attentiveness,kindness,patience,commitment,wonder,insight,empathy,respect,integrity,joy,intelligence,courage,equanimity,co-operation,serenity,honesty,curiosity,openness,and many other qualities.

Time ripens all things; no person is born wise. Cervantes

To gain the path to wisdom See Part two
                                                                                                             

Julie Richards