"Granted I am a babbler, a harmless..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Granted I am a babbler, a harmless vexatious babbler, like all of us. But what is to be done if the direct and sole vocation of every intelligent man is babble, that is, the intentional pouring of water through a sieve?
More by Fyodor Dostoevsky
“The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.”
“It wasn't the New World that mattered... Columbus died almost without seeing it; and not really knowing what he had discovered. It's life that matters, nothing but life - the process of discovering, the everlasting and perpetual process, not the discovery itself, at all.”
“What can become of him if he is in such bondage to the habit of satisfying the innumerable desires he has created for himself? He is isolated, and what concern has he with the rest of humanity? They have succeeded in accumulating a greater mass of objects, but the joy in the world has grown less.”
More on Intelligence
“To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,--this is the mark and character of intelligence.”
“Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.”
“I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.”
More on Purpose
“Part of your purpose in life is to build strong and fruitful relationships with others, and your work setting is a perfect place to start.”
“The challenge of life, I have found, is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about what you want to be, but it's a story about who you want to be.”
“The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.”