The Lamp Magazine | The Practical Wisdom of Eva Brann
The ancient Greeks had a word for this ingredient: phronesis—the wisdom of knowing how to order your life to achieve the best results.
Shane Parrish • Clear Thinking
Wisdom refers to the slow accumulation of personal values that work well for people living in different kinds of ways.
Joe Edelman • Human Values
Wisdom lies in discernment, and utopianism and nostalgia alike are ways of abandoning discernment.
Alan Jacobs • Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
Wisdom is a supreme value, but given society’s concern with status, if wisdom is not accompanied by prestige, it will have no audience.
Robert Alter • The Hebrew Bible
Wisdom is the application of discernment to circumstances in pursuit of the good and beautiful life with God, and wisdom is found in God.
Mason King • A Short Guide to Spiritual Disciplines: How to Become a Healthy Christian
Education—reading and meditating on the wisdom of great minds—is not to be done for its own sake. It has a purpose.