Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience.

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When you are young, you are full of energy and hope. But as you age, you realize that life is not always what it seems to be at first. You realize that sometimes people can be cruel and that you need to be more careful about the people in your life. The wise person realizes that all day long, he has to recover his innocence at the far end of experience.

Source: The Experience Of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

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