Intelligence - Cleverness vs Wisdom

Cleverness is like a lens with a very sharp focus and wisdom is more like a wide-angle lens. Wisdom is not a function of intelligencec. Many people whose education has been simple are much wiser than those who have learned a lot from books. The explanation is that "living" may teach more about wisdom than traditional books.

Wisdom is more about perspective than about detail. Cleverness is about how we get information and how we use information. Wisdom is about how the information fits into the world around and our own values.

Cleverness is like knowing, technically, how to cook a superb meal. Wisdom is like desinging a meal to fit the available ingredients and also to fit what we feel like eating at this moment.

Cleverness is like having a library full of books. Wisdom is knowing which book to read at this moment. Wisdom is the art with which percecption crafts experience to serve our values.