We are wise when we live according to what we have come to understand. Wisdom is not altogether about the amount of understanding that we possess. Wisdom is about living according to the understanding that we have already discovered. Wisdom is doing that which we understand. Wisdom comes only in doing. It is an easy thing to gain knowledge and experience, yet harder to understand and become wise. C W Newman
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If we live in accordance with the things that we have already learned and experienced, then we’ll know that we possess wisdom. Our lives will be filled with joy and happiness because we’ll be doing what we know. Doing what we understand is the key to wisdom.  Wisdom is knowing how to live, not just in the present but in the past and in the future as well. We need to do what we know: love our neighbor and love our God, be kind and compassionate and forgiving, and humble ourselves before others.

Source: Self: A Treatise On The Nature Of Reality

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