The empty space in a glass can be filled, but already filled glass will only overflow. Same is with knowledge. The more you acknowledge less of your wisdom, the more you have thrist to learn. We have a saying: Tree filled with fruits is always bent (meaning person filled with wisdom and knowledge is always humble that his knowledge is limited).

I think that's a bit too simplifying. The problem with what we normally call "knowledge" is that it's all conceptual. We have an experience, and we "reduce" that experience to memory, symbol, concept, and conditioning. So what comes out of our memory is a sort of "snapshot" of some experience in the past. Because of the way we're wired up, we tend to perceive through a "filter" constructed by this knowledge and conditioning. It helps to determine all sorts of things, such as what we pay attention to, where we draw the boundaries between "objects", and even things as basic as our belief in a self separate from the world. To the degree that we're able to become AWARE of these concepts and conditioning, we begin to see that all this knowledge has inherent limitations -- we think we've "captured" reality, when in fact all we've done is CONSTRUCT and ENACT our experiences into a relatively fixed structure which then prevents us from seeing things with alternative perspectives or from a new perspective. So in that sense, we don't really KNOW anything: everything we know is packaged up in this way. When this realization dawns, people commonly report the odd experience of being able to SEE things clearly, as if some obscuring veil had been lifted. This occurs because when the unconscious filter becomes conscious, our natural ability to perceive "raw experience" is awakened. Direct perception -- without the intervening filter of concepts and conditioning -- is a kind of wisdom. It allows us to respond intimately and perfectly with life as it flows and changes. Rather than constantly referring back to our mental models, we "touch" reality directly in all of it's fine and immediate detail. The experience is one of being completely ALIVE, and there's a kind of knowledge intrinsic to this that has nothing to do with concepts. None of this should be interpreted to mean that there's anything wrong with concepts and conditioning -- our normal way of learning and applying that knowledge is valid and useful. What it DOES mean is that it's a mistake of ignorance to think that knowledge is anything more than the mind's attempt to grasp and "package" a reality which isn't really "packageable" or "graspable". This rules out concepts as a way to encapsulate Absolute Truth, for example. This is why I argue that all belief systems are wrong. It's not that they don't have value, but they're inherently limited and those limitations cannot be removed. Wisdom can't be stored up in beliefs -- it has to be lived in concert with Reality as it changes. One must "merge" with Reality to know it directly.

no..i'd say not

True wisdom is not the realizing you know nothing, it is contrarily simply realizing you don't know enough to understand everyone else, make all of the right decisions, and be "perfect." True wisdom is realizing your capacity to understanding other people and perhaps most importantly, to understand yourself. True wisdom is applying your intellect and your wits to make this world a better place, to make better the lives of others, and in the process improve the consitions of your own life. Realizing you kknow nothing is not true, since we all have valuable experience to bring to any table. perhaps the most integral part of true wisdom is having the courage to speak up and the courage to sit down and listen in all forms of your life, and being open-minded to all peoples.

I know that Socrates said that “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - That seems like a temporary state though, since once you have truly learned something, well then you have gained wisdom and thus have a foundation to build on. The quote that I live by is : The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge. Wisdom and discipline are what mere fools have despised.” (Proverbs 1:7) Knowledge begins with the fear of Jehovah. Without knowledge there can be no wisdom or discipline. The fear of Jehovah, then, is the start of wisdom and discipline.—Proverbs 9:10; 15:33. The book of Proverbs outlines a series of steps that enable us to develop godly fear. “My son, if you will receive my sayings and treasure up my own commandments with yourself, so as to pay attention to wisdom with your ear, that you may incline your heart to discernment; if, moreover, you call out for understanding itself and you give forth your voice for discernment itself, . . . in that case you will understand the fear of Jehovah, and you will find the very knowledge of God.” (Proverbs 2:1-5) To fear God, therefore, we must study his Word, earnestly endeavor to understand its instruction, and then pay careful attention to its counsel. It is important to remember also the words of Jesus, "Wisdom is proved righteous by its works.” “THE conclusion of the matter, everything having been heard, is: Fear the true God and keep his commandments. For this is the whole obligation of man.” (Ecclesiastes 12:13) Those are the words in which Solomon chose to close the Book that we now call Ecclesiastes. I personally have found those to be words of true wisdom to live by.

Realizing you know nothing is the is the day you parent TEENAGERS......JK. :) I am really impressed with the high ranking AB Teens. I am getting an education. Thanks!

I think it certainly is the result of a long period of seeking true wisdom.

No.

I suppose knowing if you are wise isn't derived only from the state of knowing nothing. The wise would never act like either a dumb or a spokesperson because he knows how to simply act, I think...

knowing your own ignorence is true wisdom because for every answer there are 2 questions twice as hard as the origenal answered question.(not literaly, just and example) so the more you know, the more you realise you dont know

Well, it's a start in the right direction..

It's what the truely wise say,to make sure you know nothing. I'm sure you know something, and your better off not denying it.

well I believe true wisdom is understanding yourself and your capabilities and disabilities and how your capabilities are your disabilities in a way because they blind you into thinking your better because you have them while people who have "Disabilities" are called disabled these "Disabilities" give them better views of the world among other things take the awsome movie "Forrest Gump" for example he had a low IQ or was just a bit slow-while his girlfriend and everyone he knew was getting caught up in things he had a pure heart and mind and only saw what was right and wrong and just a simpler view of everything we as humans all judge by things like that not by ignorance but by instinctional learning behavior and i know Forrest Gump was fictional but all fiction is based on non-fiction

You gotta know the script before you can 'improvise', tho', dude! ;-)

Yes. If you know you know nothing, then there is nothing to be said. You couldn't possible retain every bit of information available since the beginning of time. To flaunt your knowledge is vanity. Even a fool if he holds his tongue is considered wise ... or the empty can rattles the most. IQ is just a measure of your life experience (mental age) in years divided by your chronological age multiplied by 100 percent. If you are young and have the experience of a very old man, you have a high IQ, but this is rare. Most youth are very knowledgeable in a pretentious way when it comes to knowing everything about anything which really amounts to nothing after all because a limited lifespan can only result in a limited amount of experience. King Solomon contemplated this stuff thousands of years ago. If you consider yourself wise you may be a fool. Listen to me ... I know nothing so I must be wise, or I'm wise and I know nothing ... hmm ... does it really matter?