the quest for balanced wisdom is an elusive thing, much like going toward a destination to which one never arrives. instead of this making one impatient, i encourage you to consider that all noble things are difficult, costly, and time-consuming. furthermore, unlike the usual trips we take in life, wisdom's path often diverts us from our conscious intention; we find ourselves in unknown and disorienting places. these two aspects of the pursuit of wisdom are perceived intuitively as the tension between knowing that the path leads to greater connectedness and increase yet at the same time deconstruction and lack of definiteness. without this uncomfortableness, inherent in its pursuit, wisdom cannot be manifested, remaining dead, or perhaps inert.
the pursuit of wisdom is, in part, a battle of the heart in which the pursuit of pleasure and lessening of discomfort, pain, or obligation continually pull us away from engaging its unknown pole. the scripture, "out of the heart flows the issues of life," just touches the depths of such a confrontation. concretely, the "issue of life" is blood without which there can be no further life or only a life that is stagnant. i encourage you to make the pursuit of wisdom as precious to you as your own blood and the blood of others.
篇二：经验和智慧i think the essence of wisdom is emancipation, as far as possible, from the tyranny of the here and the now.we cannot help the egoism of our senses.sight and sound and touch are bound up with our own bodies and cannot be made impersonal.our emotions start similarly from ourselves.an infant feels hunger or distress, and is unaffected except by his own physical condition.gradually with the years, his horizon widens, and, in proportion as his thoughts and feelings become less personal and less concerned with his own physical states, he achieves growing wisdom.this is of course a matter of degree.no one can view the world with complete justice, and if anyone could, he would hardly be able to remain alive.but it is possible to make a continual approach towards justice, on the one hand, by knowing things somewhat remote in time or space, and, on the other hand,by giving to such things their due weight in our feelings.it is this approach towards justice that constitutes growth in wisdom.
can wisdom be taught?and, if it can, should the teaching of it be one of the aims of education?i should answer both these questions in the affirmative.i do not think that knowledge and morals ought to be too much separated.even the best technicians should also be good citizens: and when i say "citizens," i mean citizens of the world and not of this or that sect or nation.with every increase of knowledge and skill,wisdom becomes more necessary, for every such increase strengthens our capacity of realizing our purposes, and therefore strengthens our capacity for evil, if our purposes are unwise.the world needs wisdom as it has never needed it before: and if knowledge continues to increase, the world will need wisdom in the future even more than it does now.
