He speaks of a "nondiscriminatory knowledge" realized in action as "immovable wisdom": "It [immovable wisdom] moves as the mind is wont to move: forward or back, to the left, to the right, in the ten directions and to the eight points; and the mind that does not stop at all is called immovable wisdom".
The singular burden of the Presidency is not merely to acknowledge obvious facts; it is, as Neustadt wrote, to determine a course of action "when conventional wisdom fails, the experts disagree and confusion dominates".
So go on - reorganize your own thinking and take action because your wisdom tells you so.
In November 2006, HABITATS, a festival dedicated to "local action as global wisdom", celebrated the Gowanus Canal through environmental conferences, collaborative art, educational programs and interactive walks around the area.
Father, we acknowledge your greatness: all your actions show your wisdom and love.
Descartes proved wrong in his beliefs that all sensory inputs focused on the pineal gland and that the pineal itself was a selective motor organ, suspended in a whirl of "animal spirits," dancing and jigging "like a balloon captive above a fire," yet capable in humans of scrutinizing inputs and producing actions "consistent with wisdom".
Our future will again depend on the actions, courage and wisdom of the American people, as well as like-minded souls from around the world.
He has given FGIC and MBIA (whose corporate motto, Wisdom in Action, seems better suited to the Sage of Omaha) 30 days to sign up or find a better solution.Meanwhile, AIG's task is to explain a discrepancy that has forced it to write down CDO-related swaps by $4.9 billion.
This is a protection that is based on making sure that there is consensus among a group of people before taking an action, relying on the wisdom of a small group.
It is what we at The Eldering Institute® call "Wisdom in Action™".
So here we turn from inherited wisdom to action in our present and our future.
