Compassion. Self-understanding. Morality. Emotional stability. These words would seem to describe at least some of the universal traits attributed to wisdom, each of them broadly recognized and valued ...

This post is part of a “Wisdom in Mainstream (Academic, Research, and Applied) Psychology Series.” We take a look at the dominant models and perspectives in the field studying wisdom and see what they ...

There’s an ancient story in both the West and East. A farmer has a neighbor who visits daily to ask what’s new. “What’s new?” “My horse ran away last night.” “Oh, that’s bad news!” “Bad news good news ...

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This Sunday, the readings highlight the Judeo-Christian wisdom tradition found in Scripture. Wisdom literature takes many forms in the Bible. One form is as a set of “sayings,” aphorisms and proverbs, ...

Wisdom is typically considered to be the fruit of a long life, the accumulation of experiences lived and lessons learned. In recent years, scientists have created a consensus definition of wisdom as a ...