Humans have the ability to shift perspective. We can experience the world through our senses. Or we can remove ourselves read more

Humans have the ability to shift perspective. We can experience the world through our senses. Or we can remove ourselves from our senses and experience the world even less directly. We can think about our life, rather than thinking in our life. We can think about what we think about our life, and we can think about what we think about that. We can shift perceptual positions many times over.

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.

Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.

A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.

A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.

Stubbornness does have its helpful features. You always know what you're going to be thinking tomorrow.

Stubbornness does have its helpful features. You always know what you're going to be thinking tomorrow.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

The mark of a good leader is to know when it's time to follow.

The mark of a good leader is to know when it's time to follow.

I quote others in order to better express myself.

I quote others in order to better express myself.

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.