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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Knowledge is a wonderful thing, but it is only part of the equation. You may know that a tomato is a fruit, but true wisdom is understanding that it doesn’t belong in a fruit salad. Knowledge is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For years I labored under the illusion that communicating knowledge about cannabis, or a wide variety of other drugs and alcohol, was the keystone for promoting recovery. I believed education was the ...

German-Swiss writer Hermann Hesse explored the difference between knowledge and wisdom. He believed knowledge can be taught, but wisdom comes from personal experience. His famous novel Siddhartha ...