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Table of Contents

• Wisdom and Virtue
• Wisdom in Decision Making
• Wisdom from Experience
• Wisdom and Knowledge
• Wisdom and Leadership
• Wisdom and Self-Knowledge
• Wisdom and Simplicity
• Wisdom and Wealth
• Wisdom and Human Conduct
• Other

Wisdom and Virtue

True virtue is knowing the self not by intellectual knowledge but by pure silence.

Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete without the other. Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless.

Virtue and wisdom are fraternal twins.

Virtue makes one a good leader, wisdom makes one an extraordinary leader, and together they make one an enlightened leader.

Virtue brings you many blessings;wisdom multiplies them.

Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.

To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.

Wisdom and virtue are like the two wheels of a cart

If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge.

Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.

In the truly great, virtue governs with the sceptre of knowledge.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.

Wisdom in Decision Making

Being good in decision making is the greatest wisdom.

To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it.

Decision-making is a skill. Wisdom is a leadership trait.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Virtue is doing it.

Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.

Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

Aristotle once said that wisdom (the ability to make good decisions) is a combination of experience plus reflection. The more time that you take to think about your experiences, the more vital lessons you will gain from them.

Wisdom from Experience

Wisdom’ and ‘greed’ sit at opposite ends of the continuum. And interestingly enough, they share the same place on the same continuum as ‘life’ and ‘death.’ And the person who is daring enough to be honest with themselves knows exactly which end they share.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Knowledge refined from experience becomes a weight upon wisdom when its driving purpose is solely selfish.

Creativity is making regret free mistakes, Wisdom is knowing which ones have value

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another's experience.

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

Aristotle once said that wisdom (the ability to make good decisions) is a combination of experience plus reflection. The more time that you take to think about your experiences, the more vital lessons you will gain from them.

Wisdom and Knowledge

we must consider that wisdom is embedded in knowledge. Here is the list of the desires in order: Love, wealth, health, power and knowledge.

To know how to put what knowledge in which place is wisdom (hikmah). Otherwise, knowledge without order and seeking it without discipline does lead to confusion and hence to injustice to one's self.

Education overcomes ignorance,overpowers shallowness,overwhelms incompetence,and overthrows foolishness.Knowledge is the mind's medicine,understanding is the heart's remedy,wisdom is the body's antidote,and enlightenment is the soul's cure.

By preserving virtue you preserve truth.By preserving truth you preserve knowledge.By preserving knowledge you preserve wisdom.By preserving wisdom you preserve understanding.By preserving understanding you promote enlightenment.

The ancient teaching of Tao tells us that knowing what you really are is wisdom, and living it is virtue.

The moral values and such things are the states of one's wisdom. Otherwise, the wisdom is just the title without the content.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise.

Wisdom is corrupted by ambition, even when the quality of the ambition is intellectual. For ambition, even of this quality, is but a form of self-love...

Wisdom and Leadership

Wisdom is indispensable in the fulfillment of purpose".

Decision-making is a skill. Wisdom is a leadership trait.

Virtue makes one a good leader, wisdom makes one an extraordinary leader, and together they make one an enlightened leader.

Popularity, next to virtue and wisdom, ought to be aimed at; for it is the dictate of wisdom, and is necessary to the practice of virtue inmost.

Wisdom in relationships involves a selfless desire to do what's best for the other person.

In the truly great, virtue governs with the sceptre of knowledge.

Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.

Wisdom and Self-Knowledge

Knowing others is intelligence;knowing yourself is true wisdom.Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

Knowing others is intelligent.Knowing yourself is enlightened.Tzu chih che mingConquering others takes force.Conquering yourself is true strength.

To know how other people behave takes intelligence, but to know myself takes wisdom. To manage other people's lives takes strength, but to manage my own life takes true power. If I am content with what I have, I can live simply and enjoy both prosperity and free time. If my goals are clear, I can achieve them without fuss. If I am at peace with myself, I will not spend my life force in conflicts. If I have learned to let go, I do not need to fear dying.

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.

Wisdom and Simplicity

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

The beauty of wisdom lies in simplicity and humility.

Good Person, Good Words and Good Action are independent, wisdom lies in recognizing each of this good irrespective of other one or two being not Good.

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude.

To know how other people behave takes intelligence, but to know myself takes wisdom. To manage other people's lives takes strength, but to manage my own life takes true power. If I am content with what I have, I can live simply and enjoy both prosperity and free time. If my goals are clear, I can achieve them without fuss. If I am at peace with myself, I will not spend my life force in conflicts. If I have learned to let go, I do not need to fear dying.

Wisdom and Wealth

It takes wisdom to gain wealth without losing health.

Intelligence makes a lot of money.Prudence saves a lot of money.Wisdom invests a lot of money.Enlightenment shares a lot of money.

To make wealth wisdom, one needs to be wise. Wisdom may be able to wear the suit of wealth but wealth may not be able to wear the suit of wisdom

Know that wealth, sex-delights, power, learning are all bondage. This is the beginning of wisdom.

Wisdom and Human Conduct

To be productive, effective and to live a life of understanding and wisdom is not to waste time

To think about essence (that which is helpful) and non-essence (that which is not helpful) is called wisdom (good judgement). If one has wisdom, then vairaag (freedom from passion or attachment to worldly pleasures) arises. And if vairaag is there, then renunciation (tyaag) will remain, otherwise renunciation (tyaag) will not remain. Renunciation will not last without the “basement” of vairaag.

Wisdom allows you to decide how best to apply yourself to get the most return on your time and energy invested.

Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs.

Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts , our words, and our actions.

What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the living.

Other

One doesn't have to be religious to lead a moral life or attain wisdom.

In this world,there is no purifierlike wisdom;in time, one who is oneself perfectedby yogafinds that wisdomin the self.

The highest wisdom is knowing there is only Oneself and that the perception of otherness exists for companionship alone.

To attain wisdom, experience every thing consistently. To retain wisdom, dispose every thing constantly.

Activity and rest are two vital aspects of life. To find a balance in them is a skill in itself. Wisdom is knowing when to have rest, when to have activity, and how much of each to have. Finding them in each other - activity in rest and rest in activity - is the ultimate freedom.

To be evenminded is the greatest virtue.Wisdom is to speakthe truth and actin keeping with its nature.

I would rather gain true wisdom than gain false riches. I would rather gain true happiness than false pleasures. I would rather gain true peace than false joy.

Strategic wisdom is an integral and multidimensional intelligence.

A vision that thinks everything is good or bad is not true. Wisdom scales should always be used in life.

Your wisdom decides your value, the size of the problems you can solve, the opportunities you create, and ultimately the level of success you experience.

Practical wisdom," Aristotle told us, "is the combination of moral will and moral skill.

Holistic wisdom is the hallmark of the holistic mindset.

Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

WISDOM - The ability to accept our limitations and learn from the viewpoints of others

Intelligence is short, virtue is narrow, understanding is wide, and wisdom is tall.

Intelligence will teach you how to make a living; wisdom will teach you how to make a life.

Charm will win you friends;character will help you keep them.Intelligence will win you success;wisdom will help you keep it.

To nurture and preserve your sensuality is wisdom.

Wisdom clears the mind of delusions thus making it more focused to achieve excellence.

A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.

A PhD does not automatically denote wisdom. Merely perseverance.

Bettering yourself is intelligence. Bettering others is virtue. Bettering the world is enlightenment.

Wisdom gives honour to nobility, and nobility to everything else.

What greater wisdom than to be kinder?

Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.

Sometimes the opposite of great wisdom is more great wisdom. When it comes to virtues such as kindness, respect, and fairness, you should treat others how you want to be treated. When you do that, those virtues will be returned to you in abundance. But when you share information, provide instructions, or offer praise, you should treat others how they want to be treated. You see, both statements are true.

It is appropriate to speak of the artisans as possessed of wisdom (and not just "skill"), because the biblical writers share the understanding common to most traditional societies that the active form of wisdom is good work. Wisdom does not consist only in sound intellectual work; any activity that stands in a consistently productive relationship to the material world and nurtures the creative imagination qualifies as wise.

[T]he world is richer in associations than meanings . . . and it is the part of wisdom to distinguish between the two.

Wisdom is essential;everyone must acquire it.Folly is dangerous;everyone must run from it.

There is only one kind of wisdom that has any social value, and that is the knowledge of one's own limitations.

I am very much concerned when I see young gentlemen of fortune and quality so wholly set upon pleasures and diversions, that they neglect all those improvements in wisdom and knowledge which may make them easy to themselves and useful to the world.

True wisdom for a general is vigorous determination.

There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.

Sincerity is the most compendious wisdom.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.

The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is the servant of commoner and king alike and should never be regarded with awe.

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

To possess both wisdom and compassion is the heart of our human revolution. If you have wisdom alone and lack compassion, it will be a cold, perverse wisdom. If you have compassion alone and lack wisdom, you cannot give happiness to others. You are even likely to lead them in the wrong direction, and you won't be able to achieve your own happiness.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

Wisdom is knowing. Skill is know how to do it. Virtue is doing it.

Wisdom consisteth not in knowing many things, nor even in knowing them thoroughly; but in choosing and in following what conduces the most certainly to our lasting happiness and true glory.

Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

It is possible that the meaning of wisdom in Hebrew indicates aptitude for stratagems and the application of thought in such a way that the stratagems and ruses may be used in achieving either rational or moral virtues, or in achieving skill in a practical art, or in working evil and wickedness.

Human wisdom makes as ill use of her talent when she exercises it in rescinding from the number and sweetness of those pleasures that are naturally our due, as she employs it favorably and well in artificially disguising and tricking out the ills of life to alleviate the sense of them.

Wisdom is the power to see, and the inclination to choose, the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it.

This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom.

Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.

Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.

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