Let’s distinguish wisdom from knowledge in general. It is more than just practical information about how the world is, how to maintain things like our health or our prosperity. Wisdom refers to the ...

Knowledge is doing right; wisdom is motivation to do still better. Knowledge is having good intuition (a combination of gut and deliberation): wisdom is still honing your intuitions. Knowledge is ...

Wisdom snuck up on me. I wasn’t looking for it. It didn’t announce itself. And, quite frankly, I thought for a long time that knowledge and wisdom were twins. I’ve come to learn they’re cousins. In ...

There are three basic ways to express your thoughts about anything: Opinions, knowledge and wisdom. Opinions are your personal reflections on any subject, from politics to sports. They may or may not ...

Although they lack a single shared definition of wisdom, many are optimistic that the capacity can be cultivated. “Not everyone will become a super wisdom guru,” says Judith Glück, a developmental ...

I recently wondered what Socrates would say if he transcended centuries and, for a final time, had a chance to question the world. I wondered, if he stood in the Pit of our campus, what self-effacing ...

One of a company’s greatest assets is the vast experience, knowledge and wisdom accumulated within the organization. This wealth of information—often called institutional memory or tacit ...

I once attended a seminar on “vocation” delivered by a Benedictine monk. He recounted how, if someone bounced up to him with a beaming smile and declared, “I am convinced God has called me to be a ...

“Give to the wise, and he will become yet wiser.” ...