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Schopenhauer’s Advice on How to Achieve Great Things
- Philosopher and author Arthur Schopenhauer on the importance of reflection and contemplation rather than mere reading and research:
“You may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself; because only through ordering what you know by comparing e... See morefrom 3-2-1: How to solve hard problems, the power of reflection, and the miracles of daily life
Natalie Audelo added
- “You may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself; because only through ordering what you know by comparing every truth with every other truth can you take complete possession of your knowledge and get it into your power.”
from 3-2-1: How to Solve Hard Problems, the Power of Reflection, and the Miracles of Daily Life by James Clear
Britt Gage and added
- Now, there’s a wonderful work of Schopenhauer’s; he says, “When you reach a certain age,” and he wrote this when he was in his 60s or so, “and look back over your life, it seems to have had an order. It seems to have had been composed by someone. And those events that when they occurred seemed merely accidental and occasional and just something tha... See more
from Ep. 6: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth -- 'Masks of Eternity' | BillMoyers.com by Joseph Campbell
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