The phrase "absorb the wisdom" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of taking in knowledge or insights from a source, such as a person, book, or experience.
Example: "During the seminar, I was eager to absorb the wisdom shared by the experienced speakers."
Alternatives: "take in the knowledge" or "gather the insights."
Dinesh himself, who was the narrator, became D. The fictional Elisabeth and the real me had both come to India to absorb the wisdom of a woman saint who lived in a tenement building near the Old Delhi railway station.
They have come to absorb the wisdom and values of 76-year-old Warren Buffett and 83-year-old Charlie Munger, who sat on a tiny stage at the cavernous Quest Center and answered questions for over six hours.
Perhaps, but once you absorb the wisdom of my proposal, I daresay you will be chanting hymns of gratitude and praise.
He took a job as Rick Majerus's top assistant at St . Louis Universityand spent four years absorbing the wisdom of a basketball savant.
The irony is that Mr. Obama, who as a candidate reassured conservative critics that he had read and absorbed the wisdom of Reinhold Niebuhr, Mr. Kennan and other "realists," is now himself accused of ignoring the limits of American power, like Mr. Bush or Lyndon Johnson, in his pursuit of victory in an unwinnable war.
Join a leg of the journey and gain heavy-weather experience; practice coastal, celestial and electronic navigation; learn boat-handling and anchoring procedures; and spend time absorbing the wisdom of two teachers with 434,000 miles of sailing between them.
Most of us have absorbed the wisdom that our kids will perceive negative comments about themselves so powerfully that it will take from 10 to 20 times the number of positive remarks to create a perception of balance.
These were people that spent years navigating their way to those offices by dutifully absorbing the wisdom of their elders and, now, not enough of what they'd learned would pay for what they needed in a post-TV world.
There's only one problem: To absorb the conventional wisdom in parenting circles these days, what we're doing to our children is cruel, overbearing and destructive to their long-term well-being.
Of his attempts (with his wife) to manage their children's after-school schedules, "mixing sports practices, music lessons, homework, and play dates," he writes: There's only one problem: To absorb the conventional wisdom in parenting circles these days, what we're doing to our children is cruel, overbearing, and destructive to their long-term well-being.
Sandberg and her team want to create a network of "Lean In circles" all across America made up of women in their 20s and 30s eager to absorb the lessons and wisdom of the staggeringly successful (and fabulously wealthy) Sandberg.
