Life cannot be made to conform to a system, it cannot be forced into a framework, however nobly conceived; and a mind that has merely been trained in factual knowledge is incapable of meeting life with its variety, its subtlety, its depths and great heights.
— Krishnamurti
Theatwitter.comLife cannot be made to conform to a system, it cannot be forced into a framework, however nobly conceived; and a mind that has merely been trained in factual knowledge is incapable of meeting life with its variety, its subtlety, its depths and great heights. — Krishnamurti
The larger system’s complexity exceeds your modeling capacity. Therefore, you cannot—in principle, not just in practice—represent the whole of which you are a part.
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The wise heart, the evolved mind, the measure of maturity is this: bear paradox and live.
dages juvelier keates • Heart of Paradox
Pico Iyer wrote a poignant column in which he reminded us of the “folly of knowing”: “Whatever the field of our expertise, most of us realize that the more data we acquire, the less, very often, we know.