Wisdom is the capacity to see things as they are, without the obscurations of fear or desire. It’s not about knowing more but seeing clearly. When I remember that everything changes – pleasure, pain, even my own life = I stop clinging. This isn’t resignation; it’s liberation. The Buddha didn’t say, ‘Life is suffering.’ He said, ‘Clinging to life as if it were solid and permanent is suffering.’ Wisdom is the antidote to that clinging.

Sylvia Boorstein, It’s Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness