Besides, I'd been reading serious fiction for nearly 20 years: what made me think I could add anything to the literary world's store of wisdom, human insight and technical craft?
Rushdie explained: There's a conventional wisdom about the life of Akbar, which holds that while the young emperor was entranced by this world's fantasy, he grew up to put aside childish things — moving away from the dragon world toward the world of philosophy and wisdom.
I can only trust that there are more citizens like me, who are not only hopeful, but inspired to push even more toward co-creating a world of balance, peace, wisdom and lots of laughter.
Still, when he sat me down, he offered something I could never have expected coming from the world of conventional medicine: wisdom and insight that changed my life forever.
And while that lifestyle involves a certain isolation, Sunim has one foot in the world of ancient Buddhist wisdom and another in the world of 21st century digital media, sharing his insights with a global audience via his podcast series and YouTube channel, "Hwansan Sunim: Son Meditation for the Modern World".
Out there in the Rest of the World, the unavoidable sadness of wisdom is taken as read.
If I can turn the most powerful part of the world into a land of wisdom and compassion, it's going to change the rest of the world.The book explains how empathy and compassion can help your career.
They were this season's commencement speakers — writers, politicians, executives, actors and, at the nontraditional Hampshire College, a cafeteria cashier — charged with sending newly minted college graduates into the world with parting words of wisdom.
Our collection will include women from around the world, lesser-known words of wisdom from the few women who are already much quoted, and lots from scores of remarkable women we don't know so well.
