Great Philosophies of Life
Perhaps the simplest and best definition of wisdom I’ve heard is “knowing what information is important.” This kind of knowing is not solely done in the intellect. Data is constantly being fed into your unconscious, then cross referenced against your experience.
thekcpgroup.com • The Attention Span. “Racehorses and Psychopaths.”
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One must seek Knowledge, but be a little wary of finding it. Perhaps excessive, but one could say the idea of possessing knowledge represents a kind of complacency. This is what Socrates meant: Once you think you know, you stop looking. You cease your wonder.
Simon Sarris • Long Distance Thinking
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“People are always looking for happiness at some future time and in some new thing, or some new set of circumstances, in possession of which they some day expect to find themselves. But the fact is, if happiness is not found now, where we are, and as we are, there is little chance of it ever being found. There is a great deal more happiness around ... See more
Brain Food: Great Ideas Thrive in Silence
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“A camera is a device for learning how to see without a camera.” —Dorothea Lange
Simon Sarris • On the Usefulness of Photography
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