What is wisdom?

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In Leo's latest video "What is wisdom?" he said that to truly understand wisdom you must contemplate it for yourself, so before watching the video I contemplated what wisdom was (using a journal) for 1 hour and I thought some of you might be interested in reading what I came up with.

Being a journal, it's all stream of consciousness and a bit scattered but I think the core messages I kept coming back to again and again are worth exploring more, and after watching the What is Wisdom? video I'm sure it'll help, but I think this was a good start, and it'll be interesting to compare and contrast my initial contemplation here with the video.

Before reading, I highly encourage you to contemplate what wisdom is for yourself as well!

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What is wisdom?

 

Wisdom is information that helps you through your life that's acquired through experience

 

You can gain wisdom from both good and bad experiences

 

Wisdom shows you how to apply knowledge

 

Old people tend to be wiser because of more life experience

 

Wisdom must be acquired internally (and physically)

 

Wisdom is universal and can be applied to anyone

 

Wisdom is timeless. It can help you throughout the course of your entire life

 

Wisdom is consistent. Wise men and women tend to agree on the same core values

 

Wisdom is simple and elegant

 

Wisdom could help you in the moment but often the person getting the wisdom isn't wise enough to see it 

 

In a sense you have to have a certain level of wisdom already to recognize wisdom

 

But at the same time, the deeper universal wisdom will always resonate

 

Wisdom is not only knowing what to do, it's knowing what not to do and being able to forsee why. (Wisdom is foresight)

 

Wisdom gives you a deep understanding of life beyond knowledge

 

Wise men understand wisdom is not everything

 

Wisdom is individual knowledge (yet something that someone else says can trigger the recognizing of the wisdom already within you)

 

You can acquire wisdom by learning from experiences

 

Wisdom allows lessons or insights that guide you through your life

 

Wisdom can only be learned through Experience

 

There is a difference between being learned and being wise

 

Being wise is almost like the ability to differentiate between what information is important

 

Wisdom is experience

 

Can a young person be wise too?

 

Yes, because wisdom is not about the amount of experiences or how many experiences you have knowledge of but instead your appreciation of those experiences and your ability to learn from those experiences

 

Wisdom is the maturity of knowledge

 

You could replace wisdom with experience for every statement here

 

All wisdom is experience, but not all experiences are wisdom

 

Wisdom is deeper than knowledge

 

There is wisdom that the wise man or woman may miss or not appreciate because they're so caught up in gathering wisdom

 

The deepest wisdom is often rare

 

Common wisdom is often overlooked

 

Life is not really about wisdom and trying to seek wisdom for wisdom's sake is honestly a pointless and foolish pursuit

 

Wisdom is ultimately unimportant

 

Passion is important

 

Everything else is more important than seeking wisdom

 

Wisdom cannot be seeked, period

 

Wisdom must be internally known

 

If you know you know

 

Self help is ultimately pointless

 

The true wiseman would never claim to be wise

 

Wisdom is Truth

 

Wisdom is Universal Truth

 

Wisdom is Absolute Truth

 

Wisdom is unspeakable

 

Wisdom is ultimately knowable only to the wise man or woman

 

Wisdom is the essence of life

 

Wisdom is unerasable

 

Wisdom is eternal

 

Wisdom lets you see between the lines

 

The man who believes he is the wisest is often the least wise

 

Wisdom is infinite

 

Wisdom is high consciousness

 

To recognize wisdom is to be wise

 

Wisdom is that Hidden Gem, that treasure that's only the wise can recognize

 

You would be wise to acquire more wisdom yet only the wise man desires to do so

 

Wisdom is a paradox

 

Knowledge is fleeting, wisdom is forever

 

Wisdom is fascinating

 

Wisdom never dies

 

There is wisdom in being unwise

 

Be unwise so you may gain the wisdom of unknowing

 

Forget it all

 

Start again

 

This is life's greatest wisdom

 

Wis-dumb