Wisdom is not knowledge but perspective: seeing causes, connections, consequences, and limits.

Modern life gives us more information but less opportunity to understand what it means.

Wisdom requires the courage to see difficult truths, especially about ourselves.

Wisdom begins with the willingness to hear difficult truths, especially about ourselves. Our problem is not merely that we are no wiser than our ancestors; in many ways, we are less wise.

One reason for this is that we have abandoned wisdom as an ideal. The word "wisdom" appears 222 times in the Old Testament, and "philosophy" in the original Greek literally means "the love of wisdom." But today, anyone who speaks seriously about wisdom risks sounding grandiose or........

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