Wednesday, December 4, 2019
A Close Observation
To learn from experience can be painful, expensive and time-consuming. The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way. The Greeks derived their theories not from experience but from looking on. The Greek theorein means to look on.--Eric Hoffer in Before the Sabbath
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A Question of Morals
Moral degeneration is a downhill slide. Moral regeneration is an uphill battle.
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Enlightenment is the shocking realization that you exist.
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Suffering deepens the roots of our compassion and is as necessary for our growth as is the rain to the mighty trees of the forest.
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The desire to teach other men how to live would be laughable if it were not so pitiable.
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