Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Knowledge vs Wisdom

Steph loaned me her book "the five secrets you must discover before you die" by John Izzo, Ph.D. I loved this quote in the first chapter.

"Knowing how to use this one life to its fullest requires wisdom more than knowledge. Wisdom is different and fundamentally more important than knowledge. We live in a time when knowledge (the number of facts) doubles every six months, but wisdom is in short supply. Knowledge is the accumulation of facts, whereas wisdom is the ability to discern what matters and what does not matter. Unless we can discover what really matters, we cannot find true meaning in life."

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