In search of wisdom

Love is the great Mystery. It grounds all our most important values, meaningful relationships and passionate endeavours. It, more than cleverness, is the true source of our greatest achievements, as Mozart recognised:

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love: that is the soul of genius.

Love is the source of our greatest happiness. But our failure to love ourselves, others and our world appropriately can be the cause of our greatest sorrows. So we need to work at it.

There is an old saying: "Love is a bird with two wings: one is compassion, the other is wisdom. If either is broken, the bird cannot fly."

There can be no wisdom without love. Knowledge is not enough. Only wisdom acquired through love can inspire a meaningful personal life, as well as a culture in which individuals and society can flourish.

We need more of both.