Center For Indigenous Psychology (Pusat Pengembangan Psikologi Islam) is led by Prof. DR Achmad Mubarok MA, a Professor of Indigenous Psychology at University of Indonesia (UI), Jakarta State Islamic University (UIN Jakarta), and Assyafiiyah Islamic University (UIA)

Monday, December 10, 2007

Wisdom

at 11:39 PM

Despotic is understood as placing something not in its right place, while wise is understood as placing something exactly in its right place. Professional thieves deserve to be imprisoned in accordance with certain law articles, that’s indeed just. It is not wise, I think, if the imprisoned ones are hungry people who are forced to steal foods.

Intelligent people are not always wise people too. Wisdom is only owned by people who are not only intelligent but who also have a wide insight and a lot of experiences. Success may strengthen motivation, but it doesn’t always create wisdom. On the contrary, continuous failures may create a wise character. Therefore, young people are usually strong, swift, and strict but they are not always wise, but older people having a lot experiences, of failures and of successes, are able to act wisely.

posted by : Mubarok institute