I have often written about the difference between wisdom and knowledge. Knowledge consists of facts, information, and skills acquired by a person, and it can be obtained through books, teachers and ...

You've probably heard it said that age is just a number. But as you grow older, old age is so much more than a number. It's wisdom, strength, and understanding that far surpass anything you had in ...

Having reached a point in life where my years of adventure and romance seem well behind me, I often tell people that now I’m “in it” for the wisdom. This accounts for my interest in locating the best ...

I am chock full of wisdom. I have so much wisdom that it’s rolling out of my ears. But my wisdom is hidden. It must be. Nobody can see it. “Cole, if you had a brain, you’d be dangerous,” is one of the ...

I have a birthday coming up, and I realize it’s too late to grow old with dignity. It’s difficult for a fumbling, uncouth loudmouth to grow old with dignity. The U.S.S. Dignity has sailed out of the ...

In his appearance on Bill Maher’s podcast Club Random, physician and media personality Drew Pinsky described ongoing generational conflicts between older and younger adults: “When we were young, we ...

‘Modern proverbs” is surely a contradiction in terms—unless “modern” is being used in its unmodern sense of “commonplace,” as in Shakespeare’s “wise saws and modern instances.” The word “proverb” ...