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Wisdom is having excellent judgement of human affairs. [8] Wisdom is insight, use of ideals, positive social influence, integration and mental flexibility with experiences. [9] Wisdom is an active participation in one’s moral responsibility to oneself and others. [10] Wisdom contains virtues such as ethics and benevolence. [2] [11]
A saying often shows a wisdom or cultural standard, having different meanings than just the words themselves. [1] Sayings are categorized as follows: Aphorism: a general, observational truth; "a pithy expression of wisdom or truth". [2] Proverb, adage or saw: a widely known or popular aphorism that has gained credibility by long use or tradition.
The word occurs 149 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. [1] It is cognate with the Arabic word for "wisdom", ḥikma حكمة (Semitic root ḥ-k-m). [3] Adjectival ḥakham "wise" is used as a honorific, as in Talmid Chakham (lit. "student of a sage") for a Torah scholar, or Hakham Bashi for a Chief Rabbi.
‘God understands it, too': Words of wisdom for people struggling with faith this season. Lindsay Lowe. December 20, 2021 at 12:48 PM. TODAY Illustration / Getty Images.
wisdom and eloquence: One of the mottos of the Ateneo schools in the Philippines. [2] sapientia et veritas: wisdom and truth: Motto of Christchurch Girls' High School, New Zealand. sapientia et virtus: wisdom and virtue: Motto of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. sapientia ianua vitae: wisdom is the gateway to life
More constructively, Wolfgang Mieder has proposed the following definition, "A proverb is a short, generally known sentence of the folk which contains wisdom, truth, morals, and traditional views in a metaphorical, fixed, and memorizable form and which is handed down from generation to generation".
More pervasively, the recurring theme of the initial unit (chapters 1–9) is that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, but the following units are much less theological, presenting wisdom as a transmissible human craft, until with 30:1–14, the "words of Agur," we return once more to the idea that God alone possesses wisdom.
A version of the Serenity prayer appearing on an Alcoholics Anonymous medallion (date unknown).. The Serenity Prayer is an invocation by the petitioner for wisdom to understand the difference between circumstances ("things") that can and cannot be changed, asking courage to take action in the case of the former, and serenity to accept in the case of the latter.