In defense of the mind

Knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom. They all have different definitions, they are all different things, but they all are connected. You need knowledge so that you can act with intelligence, and then from there you gain more experience and you learn to act with wisdom. Often people try to connect wisdom to some mystic arbitrary definition. There is nothing arbitrary about wisdom, it's just a higher kind of intelligence.
There is no intelligence without Knowledge, there is no wisdom without intelligence, much in the same way that there is no logic without reason, and there is no understanding without logic, and there is no affinity or friendship without understanding. Knowledge, logic and reason are the base of all things and nothing will be lasting or strong without these things, and these things are bred in the human mind, the most sacred and incredible thing that you will ever be in possession of. I hold that as an absolute. Never let anyone tell you that your mind is bad, that men who rely on the mind for their reasoning are merciless and evil. Never let other's arbitrary whim or mysticism effect your morality or judgment.