Aphorisms
“It is important to enjoy what you do.”
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he
already knows.”
“It is impossible to defeat an ignorant person in an
argument.”
“It is more convenient to assume that reality is similar to
our preconceived ideas than to freshly observe what we
have before our eyes.”
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
“It is nice to be important but it is much more important
to be nice.”
“It is normal and easy to become wrapped up in reality.
However, the reality is that happiness can’t be found with
logical thinking only, but by risk taking in unexpected
areas.”
“It is not how old you are, but how you are old.”
“It is not important where you are . . . but what you do
where you are.”
“It is not necessary for our personal progress that we
interfere with the activities of others. We can simply
refrain quietly and unobtrusively from participation in
that which we know to be wrong. But even in this we must
be careful, realizing always that different human beings
functioning upon different values. They have as much
right to their opinions as we have to ours and it is foolish
to imagine that they would be any happier if converted to
another system of belief. All learning leads to the
realization of ignorance. The truly wise man is the one
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