Wisdom and Knowledge Is Not the Same

Rebecca Graf
3 min readMar 7, 2021
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Wisdom is not the same as knowledge. I can know how to light a match. That’s knowledge. Knowing when not to light it is wisdom. Not wise to light a match when there is a gas leak. Sounds reasonable to have that wisdom, but too many seem to run from it.

Does it seem that we tend to reject wisdom in most areas of our life? That though we know that we should follow it that we go down the wrong path? We…

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Rebecca Graf

Writer for ten years, lover of education, and degrees in business, history, and English. Striving to become a Renassiance woman. www.writerrebeccagraf.com