To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
Interpretation
It is impossible for humans to avoid making mistakes, but those who learn from them gain wisdom.
This quote by Plutarch emphasizes the inevitability of human error and the importance of learning from our mistakes. It suggests that rather than striving for perfection, we should focus on the lessons we can derive from our failures, as this is where true wisdom and growth are cultivated.
In practice
A motivational speaker reflecting on personal growth during a seminar.
Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
Come back with your shield - or on it
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
You know the old adage: Plant an expectation, reap a disappointment.
Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.
It's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done.
I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.
Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.
Do not be fooled by one who recites the QurΓ’n. His recitation is but speech β but look to those who act according to it.
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