Richard learns from his companions and his teacher that the roots of wisdom are not just in Greek rationality but also pagan ecstasy.
It destroys the fruitfulness of our own work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom, which makes work fruitful.
That was the beginning of wisdom.
Because development of the first primary tooth begins in the fourth week in utero and the development of the roots of the wisdom teeth is completed around 20 years of age, teeth serve as a record that covers a long time period of life.
(Even the name of Naomi's high school, Tom Purdue, reads like a goofball reference to the theme of memory and loss — the punning end of the title "À la Recherche de.... ..) Nevertheless, the two books share a vision of wisdom rooted equally in loss and laughter.
Cummings may say to introduce this next beautiful bit of wisdom, "here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud/ and the sky of the sky of a tree called life..."...
Evil actions are considered to be the product of defiling passions (see āsrāva), but their causes are rooted out only by the exercise of wisdom (prajna).
Without bashing dancehall Mr. Riley is leading a resurgence of traditional roots reggae, fortified by a rare blend of wisdom, maturity and street cred.
In Western history, the mentoring story is rooted in Homer's Odyssey, where Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, is guardian to Telemachus.
I had always reckoned Mark Twain to be among the leading literary screwup artists when it came to money, and was therefore startled by the recent publication of a book by Andrew Leckey claiming the opposite to be true: The Lack of Money Is the Root of All Evil: Mark Twain's Timeless Wisdom on Money, Wealth, and Investing (Prentice Hall Press, $22).
