Wisdom

Wisdom comes from experience and patience. Patience means self-control. It means the ability to delay instant gratification of our wishes. We learn to wait because haste makes waste. We know if we act now, our actions are not well thought out. Patience means careful choice of words. It means we employ empathy, not egotism. It also means to learn to love those who annoy or even hurt us, not because we are afraid, but because we care, because we understand the uselessness of inflicing pain on others. Sooner or later, that pain will come back to us in some form. Patience means to work for harmony and integration and understanding, not to satisfy our ego's need to look good and smart. A person who constantly tries to prove he is smart is insecure about his own intelligence. A truly intelligent man is not anxious to prove himself. He simply knows he is smart. He is comfortable with that. He accepts that. He does not gloat. He does not make noises.

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