213. As for love and wisdom, love is the purpose, wisdom the means, and service the result. Further, service is the composite, vessel, and foundation of wisdom and love, such a composite and such a vessel that every bit of love and every bit of wisdom is actively present in it. It is their total presence. We need to be absolutely clear, though, that in keeping with what was presented in 189-194 above, what are present in service are all the elements of love and wisdom that are of the same kind, harmonious.

31. It is because the Divine essence itself is love and wisdom that everything in the universe has some relation to good and truth; for everything that springs from love is called good, and everything that springs from wisdom is called truth. But more on this subject below.