Wisdom

cycles, you must start from point A to get to B. It is universally known that, to be wise is to have knowledge, to have experience, and to have good judgement; to be naive is to be without wisdom, good judgement, and experience.(dictionary.com) If this is true, then the following must also be true: in order to gain wisdom one must first be with out experience, knowledge and good judgement. Although the point can be argued that you cannot be wise before you are naive, Ta-Nehisi Coates and James Baldwin

Wisdom through suffering Aeschylus’ words; Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom are as true today as when he spoke them. Philosopher’s have always established that the pursuit of wisdom is a worthy endeavour albeit extremely difficult. The cost of acquiring wisdom is of a great magnitude; it can only be acquired through suffering. By the process of suffering it becomes possible for one to understand

1. As Siddhartha, the protagonist, runs all around ancient India trying to reach complete inner peace within the Self (Nirvana), he finds himself living multiple different lives and meeting a few teachers that show not only different points of view on the world but also giving him the puzzle pieces to finally put together the puzzle of Nirvana. Siddhartha’s story begins around 644 B.C., about the approximate time of the Buddha in ancient India. Everyone loves Siddhartha: his parents, fellow Brahmins

Knowledge or wisdom is a key component of Orunmila quest to obtain a good world. Humans bear the burden of taking care of the world and developing sufficient knowledge or wisdom helps us with that responsibility. Moral and spiritual wisdom makes up the depth of the knowledge or wisdom requirement, “which conceives the world in its interrelated wholeness, respects its integrity and works constantly to save, renew and expand the good in it.” Also what is expected is that we know the tangibleness and

Sariah Durrant What Are We Willing To Learn? A Discussion of Wisdom Amongst the many rich tales that are told throughout our culture and across the world, many can teach us wonderful things about life on this earth. The wisdom of people and lessons that have been learned are often passed along through stories to be taken to anyone willing to learn. Often these messages are overlooked or pushed aside when they really do deserve our full attention. In the hectic world that we live in today, it is

Wisdom is not always affiliated with those society gives power to. It is often thought that those in power are those that possess the greatest knowledge and ability for the situations at hand. The reality of this may be quite different, often those who are the “wisest” in society are not in a position of power at all. They spout wisdom and blindly hope that maybe someone will listen and effect the change. If someone were to listen, society may be different, but they often don’t. This individual is

through the path of gaining wisdom. Although both passages contain similarities involving one going through an experience resulting in the enlightenment of education, there are several differences in how the acknowledgement is approached and the type of predicament the individual is in. The situation before the awakening in both passages involves being imprisoned and living in the mindset of ignorance. Each predicament of one has a huge influence on how the wisdom is obtained. The prisoner in

Wisdom is to know that there’s a world with a different set of values, tragedies, and wonder different and/or larger than your own; books, people, the internet, and traveling can add to anyone’s wisdom. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai are two memoirs that share their perspectives, and seem to imbue invaluable wisdom into the average American. These two memoirs, as expected of individuals and their

Even though I have intense animosity toward my parents at times, they are some of the wisest people I know. For many, wisdom means having an excessive amount of money, gray hairs on their head, and a big family. To me, wisdom is learning from experiences and not repeating the same mistake twice. Both of my parents were the first to go to college in their families. Their parents were not able to attend due to a poor financial situation or having to work multiple jobs to help sustain their families

Search For Meaning, Step By Step “What are we living for?” People throw these profound questions often. As modern time improves its quality of life, people attach great importance to search for meaning. In the process of searching for meaning, there are mainly 3 steps that many people go through; formative period influenced by surroundings, transition period encircled by lures and sins, and the completion along with a mentor. Yet, everyone experiences these steps different and produce diverse consequences