Some insights for the day, from people smarter than I am. But as always, I have a thought or two of my own.
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“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.”
— Jean Paul
You would think this would be true of everyone. And yet. I have seen many people who have not grown wiser with age. In fact, sometimes they have gotten bitter and unwilling to learn or budge. I am more interested in spending my time with the people who are truly seeing more clearly with the passing of the hours.
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“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”
— Thomas Carlyle
Sometimes, what we need to do are the things that are right in front of us. I know, for myself, that I can focus too much on the big problems in the world and I have little means when it comes to solving those problems. Instead, I have found that it is more important for me to do what is right before me and to do it well. If I can make the world a better place in my own little sphere, I think that is probably a good thing. And probably, all I can do.
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“To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.”
— Socrates
I used this quote a thousand times. Socrates is right on this one. We think we know. But do we? By acknowledging this, we allow ourselves to see other possibilities.
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“We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.”
— H. L. Mencken
Right now is all we have. Right now and where we stand. And that is that.
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The insights like no others
