Wisdom
* All wisdom is the reward of discipline, conscious or unconscious.
  * ' is knowing things that help a person to live sensibly and make good decisions. Wisdom is defined differently by many cultures. Some say that wisdom is something a person learns as they grow older. Other cultures expect people to complete certain rituals in order to get wisdom.
* arises directly from one's own experience, introspection, and realization
  - from mindfulness and concentration
  - through the realization of the unity of the senses and their object
* belongs to age and children don t know how to die.
* bodhisattva's purified buddhaland.
* can understand knowledge and decipher information.
* carries no ruler or scales to determine the worth of others.
* combination of knowledge and love.
* comes after information and knowledge.
* comes from elders who are tried in the fire of truth and righteousness
  - experience, as does most lesser knowledge
  - knowledge, experience, judgment, accomplishment, triumph, and defeat
  - learning and is based in knowledge
  - living
  - the personal relating of knowledge and experience
  - in many shapes and sizes
  - only with age
  - through knowledge of the self, through deep reflection and meditation
  - when there is mindfulness and full concentration
  - with age as age becomes age only with wisdom
* consists in the abolition of the very consciousness of the externality of things
  - of knowing when to avoid perfection
* denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.
* depends on the breadth and depth of people's perspectives.
* derives from way of life, and is as fragile as nature.
* encompasses both beauty and truth.
* explains the essence of things.
* feminine way of knowing the world.
* generally means a practical skill in the affairs of life, such as prudence, decision making.
* gift gained through perseverance in the face of despair.
* gives our souls power to experience divine things.
* has a moral dimension
  - existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness
* integrates both intellectual and experiential information.
* involves aims and purposes and ideals, which is even more than knowledge
  - discernment and reflection on the riddles of life
* is accumulated emotion.
* is acquired by the experience of correct actions based upon true knowledge and insight
  - through a lifetime of listening, observing and learning from mistakes
  - using the body as well as the mind
* is an accumulation of experiences - good and bad
  - affair of mental discernment in the highest directions
  - understanding of the relatedness of facts and the consequences of behavior
* is another aspect of intelligence that has only recently been researched
  - attribute of benevolence
  - anticipation via knowledge
  - born from a combination of gained experience and the comprehension of information
  - categorized as someone feminine
  - concerned with ideas and insights
  - connected to prudence as health is to medicine
  - content
  - created out of the struggle to find a way to exercise authority as an expression of love
  - described variously in Scripture
* is different from knowledge
  - discernment of heart and discipline of mouth
  - earned through experiences good and bad
  - essential and is the ability to apply knowledge and faith
  - for the soul, as food is for the body
* is found in silence as well as in words
  - the realms of mystery, and is the only true path to revelation
  - guided by ethics
  - hidden in darkness
  - impaired and extinguished by mental inattention, indifference and laziness
  - inherent in evolution, as a wise change supports all life and is good for all
  - insight and understanding of what is true and right
  - intelligence shaped by experience
* is intuitive guidance that is more powerful and helpful than knowledge or the logical mind
  - reason combined with scientific knowledge
* is knowledge applied, and the wise person seeks to apply knowledge to benefit humankind
  - the intersection of knowledge, experience and enlightened discernment
  - correctly applied to achieve the right purpose
  - gained over time, analyzed and used with discernment
* is knowledge of first causes
  - principles and causes
  - tested by experience and tempered by discerning judgment
  - with understanding
  - knowledge, but it is also discernment
  - life, and prosperity
  - located in bibles
  - marked by wholeness and happiness
  - mental disease, stupidity is mental deficiency
  - more precious than silver or gold or precious jewels
* is more than knowledge, information, and learning
  - mere information and knowledge
  - most evident when people know when and where to seek help
  - necessary for good people, for good families and for a good and just society
  - of age and thought
  - only a subjective habit of mind rather than an insight into objectively existing things
  - organized life
  - profound self realization, an individual's unique fulfillment of their special potentials
  - respect for the elderly, and opportunity for our children
  - righteousness, and truth, and justice
* is rooted in knowledge
  - watching with affection the way people grow
  - said to be riches
  - shared by all in the body
  - simply good sense, the ability to make sound judgment
  - something different from knowledge
  - spoken in many tongues
  - that quality of benevolence that disposes it to be directed by knowledge
  - the ability of forecasting the results of any human behavior
* is the ability to adapt one's life to the realities of the world
  - apply knowledge effectively
  - judge correctly between all apparent facts in a given situation
* is the ability to live coherently in a chaotic world
  - make sound choices and provide good counsel to others
* is the ability to use knowledge for the benefit of humankind
  - in a practical way
  - utilize awareness and knowledge in successful ways
  - action that results from or the ability to respond to knowledge and understanding
  - antidote to evil
* is the application of knowledge
  - basis for practice
  - beauty of men
  - capacity to see things in the context of the whole
  - combination of information, experience, and humility
  - correct use of knowledge in a particular situation
  - discerning exercise of knowledge
  - enlightened use of knowledge, guided by love, to help others
  - exercise and practical use of knowledge
  - experiential vision of wholeness, interconnectedness and pervasive unity
  - fine line between life and death that accompanies the sage who dances the way
  - goddess of wisdom
* is the highest faculty of the soul and is potentially perfect in every person
  - level of abstraction of our experiences
  - knowledge to get the job done
  - last rung of the ladder and is knowledge of a timeless nature
* is the most accurate of all the sciences
  - benevolent use of knowledge and power
  - perfect knowledge of the most important truths
  - mother of all creation
  - openness to keep learning from the experience of others and from one's own mistakes
  - perception and the awareness of that realm of freedom
  - perfection of knowledge
  - power and ability to use the facts, in the ordinary practical things of life
  - practical knowledge of how to attain that happiness
* is the proper combination of truth and spirit, faith and conduct, mind and heart
  - use and application of knowledge
  - prouncement of the truth
  - prudent application of knowledge
  - reissuing of discovered solutions at appropriate times
  - right application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character
  - science of the spirit, just as knowledge is the science of matter
  - search for the meaning and the accommodation of it to our aging process
  - second of the ten sefirotic emanations
  - skill for living
  - source of knowledge, and understanding is knowing how to use wisdom
  - spirit of life
  - sum of knowledge
  - timely use of knowledge
  - ultimate aim of learning
* is the understanding of knowledge, at least in the mental sense
  - that knowledge is useless
* is the use of information in ways that ensure continued high - quality survival
  - knowledge to reach worthy goals
  - wealth of the wise
* is to live in the present, plan for the future and profit from the past
  - serve the needs of the body, social as well as individual
  - traits
  - truth applied to the soul as guided by divine love
  - understanding which knowledge to use for what purpose
  - valued over knowledge
  - what life is about
* lies in knowing which ones to taste and which are poison
  - where the truths of religion and science conjoin
* means sorrow but also the life of truth
  - understanding and working the principles that underpin decent human relations
* monarch who rules over all the virtues.
* often comes from divination plus life experience
  - resides in the eye of the observer
* personal quality brought to the use of information.
* process that takes time and experience.
* produces happiness in the way that health produces health.
* putting together, knowledge a taking apart.
* refers to the integration of memory, comprehension, adaptability, judgement and creativity.
* requires deep awareness of self and others.
* seems to be a more complex construct than information and knowledge
  - achieved by life long observation and learning
  - have a function throughout life in terms of guiding development
* source of grief and sorrow
  - joy and peace
* special knowledge in excess of all that is known.
* state of the human mind characterized by profound understanding and deep insight.
* term that expresses the perfectly intelligent character of love.
* therefore is the monitor and the guiding light of the soul.
* truer measure of one's worth than how many things one owns or how much one does.
* unites holiness and the common duties of life
  - the facets of knowledge, character and skill
* virtue to aspire to and be granted or hard win.
* woman, who stands by the way, and calls out to everyone who passes by.