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Observation--activity of both eyes and ears.
Observation--activity of both eyes and ears.
One must talk about everything according to its nature, how it comes to be and how it grows. Men have read more
One must talk about everything according to its nature, how it comes to be and how it grows. Men have talked about the world without paying attention to the world of their own minds, as if they were asleep or absent-minded.
He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.
He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.
A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning lead to truth.
A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning lead to truth.
He who can take no great interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.
He who can take no great interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.
This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if read more
This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer
He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed
He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed
All of us are watchers--of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway--but few are observers. Everyone is looking, read more
All of us are watchers--of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway--but few are observers. Everyone is looking, not many are seeing.
If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, read more
If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, it would be thoroughgoing training in the habit of accurate observation. It is a habit which every one of us should be seeking ever more to perfect.
