Sunday, January 17, 2021

Wisdom and Humility

From "The Overstory: A Novel"
...real joy consists of knowing that human wisdom counts less than the shimmer of beeches in a breeze. As certain as weather coming from the west, the things people know for sure will change. There is no knowing for a fact. The only dependable things are humility and looking.

And Yeats "The Second Coming"
...The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

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