Really, happiness is a delirious escape into the infinite, a transcendence of Being, precisely because Being is not good. — darthbarracuda
Nature makes "mistakes", things that don't belong. Frankly it's surprising to me we've managed to hold on for as long as we have. Nature puked us out from its bowels, like everything else. — darthbarracuda
Therefore, it is true you cannot have wisdom without some knowledge. The point I made was that knowledge without wisdom (which is entirely possible) is vain. — Lone Wolf
If you want people to understand what you are attempting to convey, then don't say things like depending solely on your own understanding and capacity to achieve wisdom is vain. — TimeLine
I relate. For me it's connected to letting go of some of what one felt one needed to control, needed to be true, needed to be. — t0m
I thought you'd give wisdom the better role. Seems like intelligence is just faster wisdom in that scenario? — t0m
Ernest Hemingway — ‘Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.’
Philosophers are at a disadvantage from the start. — Baden
Love, friendship, health, pleasure, joy, interest, fearlessness, conversation, fellowship, curiosity, understanding, compassion, gratitude, generosity — T Clark
Every single person on the face of planet earth has a teacher of some sort. No one in his or her right mind thinks he or she does not need any help ever and knows all things. I am sure you can agree with this, you're not stupid.If you think you have articulated yourself well enough with the above statement, then all the best bouncing off clouds with Tori Amos. — TimeLine
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