
178 brilliant positive psychology
spiritual and religious are doing and why it matters to your
overall well-being.
Wisdom
Wisdom is generally considered to hold the best of human
qualities and as such is an important subject of research into
well-being. The psychology of wisdom-related knowledge under-
stands wisdom as a combination of intellect, expertise and
character. Positive psychology is showing more and more clearly
that character, ‘who we are’, is one of the strongest contributing
factors to a happy flourishing life. Character is also what sepa-
rates intellect and cleverness from wisdom.
Wisdom is not intelligence ...