Wisdom can't be imparted....
@Aansh13 (11433)
New Delhi, India
June 28, 2019 5:09am CST
These are the few lines from the book I am reading for the third time...
This is also my favourite...
"Wisdom cannot be imparted.
Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it."- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse...
Everytime I come across this line, I always wonder how true this is. We actually can't impart wisdom.
Don't you think the same...???
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
28 Jun 19
Why? Let's take to the definition of wisdom. It is "the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise." It is of what a person is of what he has.
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@Aansh13 (11433)
• New Delhi, India
28 Jun 19
Absolutely....
And I think that will be a very person dependent...
As in if I have a certain things to share with my children with respect to my experience, I will tell them... But will it make them wise as well.... Basically it's the choice...
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@Aansh13 (11433)
• New Delhi, India
29 Jun 19
@Nakitakona
Yes... I was trying to say the same thing....
Wisdom is something that needs to developed by people on their own....
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
28 Jun 19
@Aansh13 But the wisdom you gained can't be imparted to them. They have to develop or have their own wisdom.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
28 Jun 19
We might be able to impart it to those who want to become wiser and searching for it? What do you think?
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
29 Jun 19
@Aansh13 True but there are some things which work for all and are good for all such as saving some money for a rainy day instead of spending more than we earn.
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@Aansh13 (11433)
• New Delhi, India
29 Jun 19
@1hopefulman
Yes.. you may impart this knowledge but trust me very few will understand it till they face the tough situation
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
28 Jun 19
I agree to it fully. Some of the wise people I have come across are actually illiterate.
I am going to make a note to read this book.
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@Aansh13 (11433)
• New Delhi, India
28 Jun 19
Yes really recommend...
One of the very fine books that I have read... It's a small book... And can be read easily
@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
28 Jun 19
I wonder if what is the difference of knowledge from wisdom?
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
28 Jun 19
@Aansh13 I've remember a line from a TV program here that "our generation today knows a lot but understand so little." I think from that line I can see a difference. I always prefer wisdom... Something that can only be read in the book of life...
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@Aansh13 (11433)
• New Delhi, India
29 Jun 19
@simplfred perfectly said....
Exactly this is what I am trying to say
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
28 Jun 19
Read Siddhartha in 2007, one of the many books I had to write a review on then, I cannot remember the entire story but it was about the journey of a man in search of his self, wasn't it. He found the OHM, if I recall right.
However, I do believe wisdom can be imparted. Wisdom is a gift of the Holy Spirit. A person who has this gift is able to love unconditionally.
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