Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

– Jiddu Krishnamurti

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein

In Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, the profoundly human (i.e., imperfect) teacher, Hector, reminds his students that “The best moments in reading are when you come across something—a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things—that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met,... See more