When it comes to wisdom, our newly connected world gives us click-button access to more than we know what to do with. If you do a little searching around you can find a wealth of wisdom from just about every time period and all across the globe.

The only problem is, these various sages and their traditions at large spoke different languages, had different backgrounds and lived at all different times throughout the history of humankind.

But if you look closely, through the guise of language, culture, and time, you can see very much the same wisdom being echoed across virtually every spiritual tradition that has existed. Some you need to dig a little deeper, and in some, it's still right out in the open in pristine condition. But in either case- they all have it.

Because these sages echo the same principles, it can often seem like you're following an invisible trail laid out by these sages of the past.

These are your, and my, "spiritual ancestors". By that I mean these people have gone through the same journey to wisdom which you're going through now, and in that you can connect with them and feel their guidance.

10 Pieces of Wisdom from 10 Enlightened Sages

This list is just touching on the wealth of wisdom that now exists at your fingertips with the advent of the internet. No matter who you are, what religious (or non-religious) or spiritual background you come from you can find someone whom you identify with that can show you the path to wisdom within your own tradition (or non-tradition).

It's not always clean, it can be messy searching for the truth. But it's there, you just have to do the work and look not only at the various teachings closely but also at yourself.

Use this information to begin the "journey to yourself" so to speak. Because when it comes down to it, that's what the journey to wisdom is- the journey to discovering your true self.