Can someone be wise and still be fairly young?

Question

Or does wisdom only come with time?

Answer 1

Although they may be rare, and sometimes hard to spot
some fairly young people can be wise indeed.
Age and experience may deepen ones wisdom, but some
start out and develop a rare combination of qualities that may make them
wise beyond their years as the saying goes.
I believe that any wise man (or Woman ), needs a deep sense of empathy with his fellow humans, the talent to put
themselves in someone else's position, an almost naive sense of wonder about the world around him.
And an almost insatiable curiosity, asking himself what if ?,
on a regular basis.
Most important he must have / and keep an open and flexible
mind and an inborn talent to really listen to others.
You don't have to be old and aged to be able to do all this.
So there are definitely young wise ones among us

People often mistake lots of experience and knowledge for
a sign of wisdom, but it is only a possible basis for it.
And it is a useful and desirable basis by itself.
But if not applied, understood and mulled over it is
meaningless when wisdom is concerned.

Answer 2

Hello,
My answer is a bit complex for I have many beliefs on this great question you posed. I feel wisdom to a point comes with age if you are authentically aware, if you realize what truly is "going on" for lack of better words, in the world/Universe. But also, there is wisdom as in booksmarts also for lack of better word. You can have so much book knowledge and have absolutely no wisdom...Meaning, you can be say for example a doctor, have had a practice for years and never truly knows themself, their loved ones, how to truly love themself, etc....You may have heard how children are very wise...I feel this is Very True....Listen to a child and you will be amazed at the knowledge that that little person knows! Wisdom, as in His Holiness The Dalai Lamma is another form of wisdom that is achieved, and if you are familiar with the Buddha, a child, around the age of 5 or 6, maybe younger shows signs that only the Buddha himself has....I hope this helps, this was a very interesting question and I enjoyed helping you...So, YES, I feel someone CAN be wise and fairly young, my friend.... ;) LUNA

Answer 3

No, wisdom by definition requires experience. Young people can be very intelligent and act accordingly, but intelligence does not wisdom make. Wisdom is the ability to make decisions based upon past decisions. While wisdom can be taught in books, for example Machiavelli's The Prince, it can not be reinforced and necessarily applied until the mistakes have been made by the individual. I myself, am 22 and beginning law school soon, despite a number of disadvantages, I managed to pull myself up out of poverty, yet I am not wise because I have not lived long enough to acquire wisdom.

Answer 4

I think it is possible for wisdom to arrive at an early age. Wisdom comes from learning from experiences and mistakes, but they don't necessarily all have to be yours. Therefore, someone could read into the lives of others and learn from that. Aside from that, someone could read texts that promote wisdom. It just means that those who find wisdom actually look for it.

Being wise also means knowing that you're going to make mistakes, that sometimes it's worth risking being wrong, and that you continue to learn from mistakes/experiences.

Answer 5

It seems to me that when we're young there are some things we can see clearly, that we forget in the complicated process of growing up.

For example, when I was a child I knew that if I married, I ought to marry someone who loved me. As I grew up the question of who I should spend the rest of my life with and what that relationship would look like got really complex, until I was about to give up... and after watching my Mom go through two failed marriages, I wondered what issues I'd have. Then, on a long meditative walk, I remembered: I ought to marry someone who loved me. Funny thing but I got engaged that same year to the love of my life, who loves me. It still astounds me how I could have forgotten what I knew as a child.

Also:
"It's not the age, honey, it's the mileage." -- Indiana Jones

Answer 6

There is another solution and it doesn´t cost a penny:

Use other people´s wisdom

I listened myself to the older generations who a lot of things, a lot of life experience, including friendship, accomplishments, goals in life, patience, and so on...

I had the opportunity to actually listen to people who had their homes destroyed by wars and their closest friends and family members killed. I should at least use this knowledge to be wise. And it does make people wise to have a rich life experience, good or bad.

Answer 7

A young person can be smart, but wisdom comes after a long time of living and experiencing life.

Answer 8

time helps, but there are plenty of old people that are without wisdom.

Answer 9

Yes.........

It depends on your lifes experiences. There are people who have been through more things that people have in their whole lives, just in their youth.

And just because you are old doesn't make you wise.

Answer 10

I think I'm wise lol