Love: The Greatest Wisdom Virtue by Walter Moss. The author argues that love, though not sufficient to completely capture the essence of wisdom, is absolutely essential to wisdom and the most important of all virtues that make up the capacity for wisdom.

BEAUTY, TRUTH AND GOODNESS. Here, Alan Nordstrom makes the case that "Human beings are constituted to appreciate and assimilate three classic values: Beauty, Truth and Goodness. Our dedication to pursuing those values leads us toward Wisdom and expresses itself as Love."

Bridging science and values: A unifying view of mind and brain. This journal article by Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Roger Sperry links human values to brain function, and makes the case that "More than any other causal system with which science now concerns itself, it is variables in human value systems that will determine the future." (PDF format.)

Philosophical Counselling as a Process of Fostering Wisdom in the Form of Virtues is an article by Arto Tukiainen which asserts that "an adequate understanding of the concept of wisdom enables philosophical counsellors to identify their proper tasks" and that "philosophical counselling is a process where the counsellee's powers of virtue are examined and encouraged." (PDF format.)

Wise Values is a short essay by Alan Nordstrom in which he asks "What then are the wisest values and principles by which all human beings ought to govern their lives?" He answers with two principles.

The Truth Contest. Truth is one of wisdom's core values, and this fascinating website, created by a group of college students, explores the matter in depth via submissions by many people. The focus is on "life and death, the ultimate truth." All accepted submissions are available for reading, and the five judged "the most clear, complete and accurate explanation of the truth" appear on the home page.

Reflections on President Obama's University of Michigan Commencement Speech by historian Walter G. Moss is an article that examines certain wisdom-associated values advocated by the President in this speech and other communications with the public.

HOMO VALORENS is a short essay by Alan Nordstrom which makes the case that "Value is our definitive human quest. More aptly than Homo sapiens, we are Homo valorens—'man the valuemaker,' or 'man the evaluator'. . . ."

The Role of Values in Wisdom by Copthorne Macdonald. A discussion of values in the human decision-making process, and the sort of values required for wise decisions.

Lists of Wise Values. This is a compilation of several lists of values that their originators have considered superior in some sense, and likely to be operational in the lives of wise people.

Jason Merchey's "Values of the Wise". In his personal quest to understand wisdom, Jason Merchey has focused on the presence of certain "values of the wise" in the lives of wise people.

CHARACTER COUNTS! is a value-based approach to character education from the Josephson Institute based on a set of six basic values or "pillars of character": trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.

The Virtues Project considers the human virtues to be the highest aspiration for humanityand has established a program to help children acquire them.