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What is True Wisdom?
Ended June 1, 2019 • 13 Entries • Created by NivixParadox
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What is True Wisdom?
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Sarah_B in Philosophy

Self Awareness

True wisdom is knowing the limits of you knowledge. Discrediting your awareness is self-effacing. Allowing it excessive credit is foolish. Only a man who knows the extent of his mind can be wise.

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What is True Wisdom?
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Mazzmyrrheyes in Philosophy

Wisdom Springs, Eternal

True wisdom yields its beauty,

flowers;

Knowledge seeds, once planted;

Uprooting garden weeds,

devours,

Truth, itself, where landed.

In wisdom, thirst is ever

quenched;

Where rainwater's collected,

Of knowledge, being wholly

drenched,

Emerging, resurrected.

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What is True Wisdom?
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MsD in Philosophy

What Wisdom is to me

Putting yourself in another’s shoes

And to be understanding

To be light in the dark

To learn

To grow

To show love to everyone you meet

Even if they seem undeserving

To help and teach

Realizing that you are always going

to learn

Be open to new ideas and learn to love new things

Wisdom is infinite...

By Michele Del Russi

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What is True Wisdom?
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deadman in Philosophy

True Wisdom

Off the top of my head, i would say true wisdom is...

learning, knowing, and being able to learn more and believe based on experience, evidence, imagination, and intuition as you put into practice what you know and believe.

Or something similar to that.

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What is True Wisdom?
CupCakes2018 in Philosophy

At The End of Every Beginning You Will find a Piece of Wisdom.

True wisdom is a gift that can’t be seen by all.

It’s a special light used to see past the shadow and hallways that appear to be slightly to narrow to walk through.

It’s the sum of a long journey that sometimes leaves permanent scars.

It’s the ending of the story that keeps your heart racing during the whole read.

It’s the reason you walk away from a job that doesn’t pay you what your worth.

It’s the sacrifice that you make that causes you pain so a loved one can shine.

It’s the glasses you put on that finally prompt you to leave your old life behind.

Wisdom is the water you find in the well that never runs out, that will forever satisfy your thirst.

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What is True Wisdom?
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Kiri in Philosophy

wiser

There are different kinds of intelligence, all quite impressive:

The ability to memorize information and spit it back out when needed (this is what society generally calls "smart")

The ability to promote creativity and general sophistication to use that in everyday actions (this is what society generally calls "creative")

The ability to see a situation, form a new idea in your head, and use it (this is what society generally calls "innovative")

The ability to access all three of the above and teach that effectively to someone else (this is what society should be calling "wisdom")

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What is True Wisdom?
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Blakey in Philosophy

Knowing

Just the knowledge that

Just because you can do something

Doesn’t mean you should.

Knowing sometimes

Silence is the loudest noise.

Wisdom is knowing the difference between

Right and wrong.

Knowing that sometimes people do

The wrong things for the right reasons.

Conversely

People do the right things for the

Wrong reasons.

Wisdom is quite aware that good people

Have a smidge if bad staining their soul.

And likewise,

Even so called bad apples

Have a smidgin of good lighting that

Which we can’t see.

Wisdom is to live and let live

To live and love.

To be aware - and

Bring awareness to

That

Which is

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What is True Wisdom?
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GaryEnglish in Philosophy

Shh

True wisdom is to know

When it is wise

To say nothing

And say nothing

Originally I just wrote:

True wisdom is to know

When it is wise

To say nothing

But it wasn't 15 words, so I added the last line. Not sure which I prefer.

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What is True Wisdom?
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CyPhi in Philosophy

To Where You Want To Be

There are days where we are walking alone finding our way home. If you haven't found your way down the road, or over the hills, walking along rivers, lost as to which was to needed go. You might feel like you'll never get there.

But what can you do, where can you go when home is nearer than has been and yet you feel you are so far?

When you can. Slow. When you have a chance. Look ahead. When you have a second. Look behind you. What do you think? What is missing? What do you need the most?

And can you find it? Wisdom is what happens when you go home. And I think you're almost there.

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What is True Wisdom?
abergen in Philosophy

Righting Wrongs

True wisdom is recognizing what you’ve done wrong and making your best effort to fix it.