"Much learning does not teach understanding...." - Quote by Heraclitus

“Where there is no strife there is decay: 'The mixture which is not shaken decomposes.'”

“What sense or thought do they have? They follow the popular singers, and they take the crowd as their teacher.”

“Nature is accustomed to hide itself.”

“Everything important I learned, I learned as a dishwasher.”

“I think it will be found that he who speaks with most authority on a given subject is not ignorant of what has been said by his predecessors. He will take his place in a regular order, and substantially add his own knowledge to the knowledge of previous generations.”

“Skill to do comes of doing.”

“Everyone’s childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other or can completely understand. By this I don’t know if I’m just giving up with this conclusion or resigning myself — or maybe for the first time connecting with reality. How do we know the pain or another’s earlier years, let alone all that he drags with him since along the way at best a lot of leeway is needed for the other — yet how much is unhealthy for one to bear. I think to love bravely is the best and accept — as much as one can bear.”

“He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. [for without sorrow how would you know what joy is? Contrast provides peceptive clarity]”

“The more people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.”