After wisdom there is peace,freedom, and focus. Before wisdom there is everything else.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
— Aristotle
It doesn’t fit 100%, I don’t think a mind needs to be educated to be like this, but what does fit 100%? Anyway, I noticed this quote after having a few conversations with people who did not have this concept anywhere in their mental landscape. A tiring experience.
Appropriate quote for the start of the New Year 2011, from Mark Twain ( 1835 – 1910 )
Habits aren’t flung out the window. They’re coaxed down the stairs one step at a time.
Quote of the day:
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
— Douglas Adams